of the homicides in this country. the question for the government is notiust_ the question for the government is notjust over the plans the question for the government is not just over the plans today but the money they have taken out of the system, _ the money they have taken out of the system, millions of pounds taken out of the _ system, millions of pounds taken out of the system over the years and that has— of the system over the years and that has caused a lot of the problems. what do you think of the government's drugs plan — we're really interested to hear your view particularly if you use drugs — maybe jst at the weeknd, or whether you work in the sector — whether it's in prisons, orfor drugs charities or in a drug rehab centre — @vicderbyshire on twitter or email [email protected] a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia speaks for the first time about her ordeal. when the accident happened, i fully accept that the fact that i was going to lose my foot. and i accepted that. and i said to all my friends, it's fine, i've lost my foot, i'm still alive. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the former leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi — who was ousted from power in a military coup earlier this year — has been sentenced to four years in prison. a spokesman for the military—backed government said she was found guilty of inciting unrest and violating covid restrictions during last year's election campaign. it's the first in a series of verdicts she's facing that could see her be sent to prison for the rest of her life. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in the thai capital bangkok. we can speak to him now. tell us, as far as you know, what happened. we tell us, as far as you know, what happened-— tell us, as far as you know, what happened. we do not know much because the _ happened. we do not know much because the case _ happened. we do not know much because the case took— happened. we do not know much because the case took place - happened. we do not know much l because the case took place behind closed doors, no one outside has been allowed in, even her lawyers are barred from talking to the media. all we have is the verdict. we do not know what exactly evidence was given, what the strength of these cases were. in a sense, none of that really matters. the military government which deposed aung san suu kyi back in february has piled on one charge after another, ranging from the series, there are six charges of corruption alleged against, to the ridiculous, claiming that the walkie—talkies her security guards used in her home were unlicensed and illegally imported. what is important as these are the first two convictions, they officially put her in prison or possibly under house arrest, we do not know where she is going to be kept, forfour years and not know where she is going to be kept, for four years and the other charges that are coming could be piling on sentences going up to a total of 100 years. she is now in her mid— �*70s. realistically, you know, this looks like a judicial method of ending any chance of a future political career. you should also bear in mind, the whole process that she has been put through has been dismissed as completely farcical by human rights groups, not even a semblance of normaljudicial process but that it is quite common in myanmarfor process but that it is quite common in myanmar for people to be given quite savage sentence, people who are political opponents and then only to serve few years and things change and suddenly they are out again so do not really know what the future of aung san suu kyi is, she is still enormously popular. but for the moment, by whatever standards the moment, by whatever standards the military is applying, she has these criminal sentences applied against her. and we would expect to be out of sight and locked up for some time yet. the be out of sight and locked up for some time yet.— be out of sight and locked up for some time yet. the motivation from the military — some time yet. the motivation from the military government _ some time yet. the motivation from the military government to - some time yet. the motivation from the military government to do - some time yet. the motivation from the military government to do that l the military government to do that is get her out of the picture, is that it? , ., is get her out of the picture, is that it? y a, ., ., is get her out of the picture, is that it? y a, a, a, a, that it? they have got out of the icture that it? they have got out of the picture because _ that it? they have got out of the picture because they _ that it? they have got out of the picture because they have - that it? they have got out of the | picture because they have locked away. we understand she is living with just a couple of trusted aides and how much loved dog in her small homes and the military so she is comfortable, her health is fine, no one has seen her since february, what is interesting is why they go through this process. no one outside the immediate military circles in myanmar and touches any credibility whatsoever to this process that aung san suu kyi is going through. i mean, it is really quite ludicrous to describe it as a trial and yet it clearly matters to the military men running myanmar in that they are going through the formality of putting her through a trial and putting her through a trial and putting sentences against her. everything in the end will be up for negotiations, this is a military government that has inflicted a disaster on the country. there is a brewing war inside the country with people more and more taking up arms against it, in the end, however myanmar �*s conflict is settled, probably aung san suu kyi will have to be a part of that, whatever sentences they give her. jonathan, thank yom — one of the scientists responsible for developing the astrazeneca vaccine has warned that future pandemics could prove to be even more lethal than covid — unless more money is spent on preparations for dealing with them. dame sarah gilbert said that extra funding was needed to ensure the advances gained over the last two years were not lost. she also warned that current vaccines may not be as effective against the new 0micron variant. the next one could be worse. it could be more contagious or more lethal. we cannot allow a situation where we have gone through all we have gone through and then find that the enormous economic losses we have sustained mean that there is still no funding for pandemic preparedness. the advances we have made and the knowledge we have gained must not be lost. the experts who responded rapidly and worked relentlessly in 2020 and 2021, without whom we would still be at the mercy of the virus, must not now be asked to fade back into patient and underfunded obscurity. nigeria has become the latest country to be added to the uk's red travel list. ten other african countries were added to the list last week following concerns about the emergence of the 0micron variant. the british government says the decision is temporary and will be reviewed in three weeks. nigeria's high commissioner to the uk, ambassador sarafa isola, warned there were many nigerians who were now unable to get back to britain. talking of people who are travelling down here. a lot of people have gone home, doctors, nurses, working in the uk, providing health services to the nhs and when they come back, you can imagine the effect. and in addition, you are talking of the anger of 200—million people. since i assumed duty here, i am committed to deepening relationships between nigeria and the united kingdom and of course, this decision is going to hamper that and that's why i am not particularly happy about it. 0ur correspondent mayeni jones in lagos said this will have an economic as well as a social impact in nigeria. what it's going to mean is huge amounts of disruption at a time of the year when nigerians both in the uk and back here in lagos are travelling. they are trying to see friends, trying to see relatives, particularly because over the last three years, many people had not been able to travel. i think it's also worth mentioning this time of year is hugely important for the nigerian economy, this is a country with a population of 200—million people, a lot of people live in the diaspora in the uk, in the united states. and they come back home at christmas. they spend money here, they eat in restaurants, they attend weddings and parties, all of this is now going to be affected by the fact that nigeria has been added to the uk red list. doctor viola priesemann is a physicist at the max planck institute in germany — she's been looking at the spread of the 0micron variant across europe. what have you found so far? i think 0micron shows again it is not possible to fight covid—19 as a single country. we need coordination stop i think one of the common aspects we regularly see as countries are closing borders, trying to slow down the spread of omicron but if all countries within europe do thatjointly, if omicron sets foothold in one country, we find very soon in the other countries as well.- find very soon in the other countries as well. ~ ., ., , ., countries as well. what would you su: est? countries as well. what would you suggest? what — countries as well. what would you suggest? what we _ countries as well. what would you suggest? what we suggest - countries as well. what would you suggest? what we suggest is - countries as well. what would you i suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate _ suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate and _ suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate and find _ suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate and find the - suggest? what we suggest is firstly | to co-ordinate and find the common to co—ordinate and find the common goal, whatever that is, that is political decisions, slowing down omicron as long as we do not know much about its lethality is extremely important. doing that coordination across all european countries is so important. the second point that one should consider is in case the vaccine is not as protective as it has been for the past variance, then case numbers have a clear advantage because lower case numbers of omicron means it buys us time until we have a new vaccine developed. taste buys us time until we have a new vaccine developed.— buys us time until we have a new vaccine developed. we had optimism from the researchers _ vaccine developed. we had optimism from the researchers last _ vaccine developed. we had optimism from the researchers last week - vaccine developed. we had optimism from the researchers last week we i from the researchers last week we were looking at boosterjabs, certainly in the uk, british scientists at southampton university who suggested the boosterjabs were incredibly effective and that gave them optimism for the omicron variant? , ., , , ., , variant? these are very promising results indeed _ variant? these are very promising results indeed however _ variant? these are very promising results indeed however we - variant? these are very promising results indeed however we really l results indeed however we really have to look into the details in the coming ten days so if that helps, it will definitely help and in germany, we have a very high rate of booster jabs at the moment so it would be a perfect timing to be also prepared for omicron and prevent the severe course of omicron. there are people who have not either been vaccinated or infected so they might have little protection, and if case numbers skyrocket among that population, it might put the health system under stress. hosea population, it might put the health system under stress.— population, it might put the health system under stress. how worried are ou about system under stress. how worried are you about omicron — system under stress. how worried are you about omicron because _ system under stress. how worried are you about omicron because in - system under stress. how worried are you about omicron because in the - you about omicron because in the last two weeks i have heard two south african experts, one of them discovered the variant and they did not seem unduly worried, they said the cases there are really mild, no one had been admitted to hospital and no one had died. taste one had been admitted to hospital and no one had died.— one had been admitted to hospital and no one had died. we are slowly -auttin and no one had died. we are slowly putting hepeful_ and no one had died. we are slowly putting hopeful news _ and no one had died. we are slowly putting hopeful news into _ and no one had died. we are slowly putting hopeful news into what - and no one had died. we are slowly putting hopeful news into what we | putting hopeful news into what we are seeing here. we also note the south african variant is relatively young and we need to have sufficient numbers to know how this affects the elderly population and those with potential risk conditions so i think we should wait another week before being more sure and as long as we do not move with sufficient certainty, keeping case numbers low definitely buys us time until we are on the safe side. buys us time until we are on the safe side-— buys us time until we are on the safe side. ., ~ , ., ., ., ~ ., safe side. thank you for talking to us. the home office will today publish a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — promising to deal further with criminal gangs, and also warning that recreational users could lose their passports or driving licences. 2,000 county lines gangs will be dismantled, according to a pledge by ministers. officials say there will be the largest ever single investment in treating and rehabilitating addicts, particularly in some of the most deprived areas that have the highest rates of drug—related crime. the prime minister said the government will look at taking away the passports and driving licences of "lifestyle" drug users. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has the details. drug misuse is one of the most hard to fix issues faced by government. close to a million people are thought to use cocaine in england and wales each year. in england alone, a quarter of a million people are long—term 300,000 addicts in england and wales into better treatment, in the hopes of improving their lives and reducing crime. the strategy is disappointing, i think, from our point of view. it focuses far too much on what we already have, which is criminalising people who come into contact with drugs, and until we start seeing the drug problem as a health issue rather than a criminal issue, i don't think much is going to change. two thirds of all shoplifting, more than half of all burglary, and more than a quarter of all robberies in england and wales are thought to be drug related. ministers are also keen to emphasise a further crackdown on what are known as county lines gangs, which sell drugs into smaller towns and bring problems of violence and exploitation of vulnerable people with them. as part of the push to tackle demand, the prime minister has talked about punishing people who use drugs at nightclubs and dinner parties by taking away their passports and driving licences. daniel sandford, bbc news, westminster. the uk prime minister borisjohnson has been addressing questions about tackling problem drug users and the county lines networks. what is new is that we are putting a lot more investment, number one, into tackling the 300,000 problem drugs users who drive more than half of the acquisitive crime and half of the homicides in this country. crime has been coming down overall in the last couple of years but we are seeing a lot of problems caused by these 300,000 problem drug users and what we are doing is ramping up our campaign against the county lines networks that are preying on these users. you've got to invest in rehabilitation, everybody who knows about drugs trials, 300,000 people, their lives are chaotic and they need to be taken off drugs, put into rehab, but you've also got to come down hard on the gangsters who are making a hell of people's lives. we want everyone to be able to grow up in safer streets, everybody to have the right to have a safe community to grow up in. the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer said drug problems in the uk had got worse during the conservatives' time in government. we need to look at the plans in detail when we see them in detail. but there is no doubt that the drug problem has got a lot worse in the last 10 years, particularly issues like drug—related deaths and the county lines, which are destroying lives. and the question for the government is not just about the plans today, but the money they have taken out of the system, millions and millions of pounds has been taken out of the system over the years, and that has caused a lot of the problems. so i want to see the plans, i want to see the strategy. i want the prime minister to take responsibility for the money that's been taken out of criminaljustice in the last 10 years that's caused many of these problems. the medic dame carol black was invited by the home office earlier this year to conduct an independent review of recovery services and treatment for drug addicts. she told us she did not consider boris johnson's suggestion that recreational drug users should lose their passports or driving licences. no, ididn't no, i didn't but i did do a section on recreational drugs because the prime minister is right, the powder cocaine trade is worth about 2,000,000,000 a yearto cocaine trade is worth about 2,000,000,000 a year to the dealers and of course it's a violent trade so every time someone takes powdered cocaine, they are driving a very violent trade run by albanian gangs. and that trade leads to more county lines and more young people drawn into the trade but the problem is i did the work, i always try to be evidence—based, i could not find any evidence—based, i could not find any evidence for what would work, at the moment, in enabling someone who is going to take recreational drugs to think again. so you will see in my review, i asked for an innovation fund so we could get some good pilots up and running quickly to think about what behavioural things we might use to change people's behaviour. wejust we might use to change people's behaviour. we just don't know. 0ur chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster: from what we know so far, is this a blood winner? —— vote winner? it’s blood winner? -- vote winner? it's ve blood winner? —— vote winner? it�*s very difficult to summarise. the way i have been looking at it this morning, looking at the different themes the government has been breaking it into so one of the themes is targeting a new class of drug user, they have sort of escaped attention before, those lifestyle users, people who use drugs as part of their social life but would not normally be considered to be problem users, they are not going out and committing burglaries to fund their habit, for example. those of the people who have been targeted by those new measures whereby you can potentially lose your passport or driving licence if you are found guilty of consuming those drugs in that way. and the idea that there is that way. and the idea that there is that people feel a real difference in their life rather than getting a slap on the wrist that they could quite easily live with. then you have the second piece of the puzzle which is expanding the whole enforcement picture against the county lines model, the government seems to think certain problem areas, they have found the right model for disrupting those gangs and that system. the third piece of the puzzle is this huge amount of extra money for rehabilitation and education and detox programmes. and you have to take all those three things together, add them up and look at it over a long period. but it is interesting just how the government has been speaking to different audiences today. if you read the newspapers and listen to ministers and see the collins that the home secretary has written in the home secretary has written in the daily mail, there is a emphasis on clamp—down stuff and a bit less emphasis on the softer stop and i wonder once we see this strategy at the end of the day, if the balance is different. the end of the day, if the balance is different-— nequela whittaker used to lead a gang in south london but she's now a youth worker in brent. she's also the author of street girl, a book about her life. thank you for talking to us. tell our audience both here in the uk and around the world a little bit about what was happening to you in your teenage years which ultimately led to you being put injail? this a teenage years which ultimately led to you being put injail? to you being put in “ail? as a young erson, i to you being put in “ail? as a young person. mould — to you being put in jail? as a young person, i would say _ to you being put in jail? as a young person, i would say i _ to you being put in jail? as a young person, i would say i became - person, i would say i became a product of my environment and that was getting involved in selling drugs, hanging around in gangs. just coming from a deprived background as a young person, i wanted to reach a little bit more, i wanted to have more. and i got involved in selling drugs, class a drugs and class b drugs, class a drugs and class b drugs and class c drugs, to people in my community but also i went around the country, i still drugs as around the country, i still drugs as a drugs mule, that was going out but the structure has changed, it is a county lines, the business model has changed. as a young person, i was heavily entrenched in thinking that was the only way out for me. realising i had a lot more opportunity ahead of me as opposed to being a product of my environment. in getting involved in drug selling and kind if not valuing myself as a young person, being involved with other young people whose lifestyle was quite like mine. from what you have heard from this strategy, is there anything in it so far, and the whole thing is yet to be published, that would stop somebody like you as a young teenager, getting involved in selling drugs?— teenager, getting involved in selling drugs? teenager, getting involved in sellinaudrus? ., . ., selling drugs? no. when i have sat down and looked _ selling drugs? no. when i have sat down and looked at _ selling drugs? no. when i have sat down and looked at the _ selling drugs? no. when i have sat down and looked at the strategy, l selling drugs? no. when i have sat down and looked at the strategy, i | down and looked at the strategy, i down and looked at the strategy, i do like the fact that boris is looking at the public health model in light of glasgow. to help rehabilitate those affected by drugs, those who are currently deemed as vulnerable to society due to drug—taking. i do like the fact we are looking at not criminalising them as much but we are looking at finding solutions and ways to help these people to come back into society and be respected as valued members of society. what i did notice as there was no sort of talk of conversation around those young people who are involved in county lines. there was no talk of preventative stuff, we didn't look at anything to do with schools. when we said dismantling county lines, it is a very big business up and we are dismantling it, are we then looking at those who have been groomed, those young people exploited into it, are they being criminalised? because much of the young people involved in county lines do not walk away from it, slap free, they get in trouble, they are getting persecuted, those young people are doing prison sentences and coming out and they do not have no career prospects so i think the conversation it needs to be had more in light of when we assimilate these gangs, we need to think about the victims on the ground, we talk about kingpins and tackling a top down but it's not even a top—down approach, we go from the bottom up and we are not looking at work the drugs are coming in, who is bringing them in and looking at the top to why it is filtering down to the bottom, to vulnerable adults and young people. i think that there's too much emphasis on criminalisation, there's too much emphasis and not enough conversation about preventative and what intervention looks like. i am struggling to see that over this next ten years. do struggling to see that over this next ten years.— struggling to see that over this next ten ears. , ., ~ ., ~ next ten years. do you think taking away somebody's _ next ten years. do you think taking away somebody's passport - next ten years. do you think taking away somebody's passport or - next ten years. do you think taking i away somebody's passport or driving licence, someone who might use cocaine at the weekends and think they are not a drug addict, someone who is potentially middle—class, do you think that. them? h0. who is potentially middle-class, do you think that. them?— you think that. them? no, i don't think so. you think that. them? no, i don't think s0- i— you think that. them? no, i don't think so. i think— you think that. them? no, i don't think so. i think it _ you think that. them? no, i don't think so. i think it is _ you think that. them? no, i don't think so. i think it is further - think so. i think it is further persecution. i think there's someone, there's always ways to find something and i think that is opening up another route of enabling it to take place. when we say looking at middle—class drug users, what is middle—class? the middle class here does not relate to the people that are on the ground so when we said middle—class tear, we are looking at professionals, are we looking at casual drug—taking? looking at casual drug—taking ? teachers? looking at casual drug—taking? teachers? professionals? potentially, yes. 0k. when we look at it and that structure i think we've got to start somewhere, so when we are looking at the whole drug hierarchy, are we notjust penalising those who are disadvantaged, we are looking at a space for everyone is going to get penalised for the recreational behaviour. i think the stance that should be taken but i cannot see how this looks, how do we assimilate middle—class to lower taking, vulnerable substance misuse is? how do we distinguish? what will be the outcome for those who art middle—class? what does that look like? we know in that field, that world, most people in the middle class, they get away with quite a lot. when when we are does that look like? when we are looking at criminalising others. i think the passport and driving licence, it is a way to deterrent people who are taking drugs but much of those who are vulnerable, they do not have a passport or driving licence. it does not really affect those who are lower class and vulnerable.— those who are lower class and vulnerable. ., ~ . ., vulnerable. thank you so much for s-ueakin vulnerable. thank you so much for speaking to _ vulnerable. thank you so much for speaking to us- — vulnerable. thank you so much for speaking to us. your _ vulnerable. thank you so much for speaking to us. your screen - vulnerable. thank you so much for speaking to us. your screen froze l speaking to us. your screen froze quite a lot but we could hear absolutely every single word you were saying so i am really grateful for all of your insight.— the uk's education secretary nadhim zahawi will make a statement to mps this afternoon about his decision to order a national review into the killing of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes. arthur's stepmother emma tustin and his father thomas hughes were jailed last week after being found guilty of causing his death. the pair had beaten and tortured arthur for several months before he died — but social workers had found "no safeguarding concerns". anisa kadri reports. remembering a little boy killed during lockdown by the people who were supposed to take care of him. the vigil over the weekend took place near the house in the west midlands where arthur labinjo—hughes was tortured by his stepmum and father. neighbours have expressed their shock and sadness. i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother. and i would go to the ends of the earth for my children, and my grandchildren. i'd never, ever let anything happen to them. and i think a lot needs to be done still to protect vulnerable children. arthur's stepmum emma tustin was jailed for 29 years for his murder and his father, thomas hughes, got 21 years for manslaughter. the government has now announced an urgent inspection of social care, health, police and probation services in solihull where arthur lived and died. as well as a review into lessons to be learnt nationally. they say it will be a deep and independent look into what happened. the education secretary is expected to discuss the case in parliament today. the most important thing is that reviews capture learning from these terrible, terrible things that happen. what we need governments to do is not to do yet another review but to actually fund the agencies in their local areas so they can embed the learning from all the previous reviews that they do so things can actually improve for children. arthur, are you going to play for england? it's hoped any review will answer questions around the warning signs and what could have been done to help arthur. anisa kadri, bbc news. thousands of people in the north east of england are still without heating and hot water this morning — ten days on from the damage to power lines caused by storm arwen. northern powergrid says it hopes to have everyone in its area reconnected by tuesday, but there are concerns about the impact of storm barra, which is due to hit the uk tomorrow. all affected homes in scotland have now been reconnected. yorkshire have appointed the former england fast bowler, darren gough as its new managing director of cricket. gough, who spent the majority of his career at the county side said he wanted to help rebuild the club, and to ensure that everyone associated with it feels welcome. the appointment comes at a time where yorkshire has been marred in a racism scandal involving its former player azeem rafiq. the international tennis federation says it will not follow the lead of the women's tennis association and suspend its tournaments in china over concerns for the safety of tennis star peng shuai. the player wasn't seen in public for several weeks after accusing a chinese politician of sexual assault. the federation's president, david haggerty, told the bbc it did not want to — as he put it — �*punish a billion people'. we will continue to run ourjunior events in the country, the senior events, that are there for the time being. we will continue to analyse the situation but we feel growing grassroots and making tennis available is an important element and so we will continue those efforts in conjunction with the chinese tennis association. rescuers in indonesia are continuing to search for survivors, after a volcano on the island of java erupted on saturday. at least 1a people died and dozens more were injured when villages were buried by hot ash. some people were burned after mistaking the hot mud flow forflooding. pope francis has been in athens at the end of his trip to greece. this was the scene a short time ago — at his last event on this trip — he visited a catholic school — where he met and blessed some of the children at the end of his three—day visit. pope francis went to the greek island of lesbos on sunday where he highlighted the plight of migrants travelling through to mainland europe, saying... �*in europe there are those who persist in treating the problem as a matter that does not concern them — this is tragic.�* a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia has spoken for the first time about the ordeal. 18—year—old amelie 0sborn—smith, from hampshire, was white—water rafting when the crocodile clamped onto her leg. louisa pilbeam has the story. amelie 0sborn—smith was on a gap year trip of a lifetime in zambia. but in the waters near victoria falls, the 18—year—old was attacked by a crocodile. she suffered such serious injuries to her leg, she feared she'd never walk again. when the accident happened, i fully accepted the fact that i was going to lose my foot. and i accepted that, and i said to all of my friends, it's fine, i've lost my foot, i'm still alive. and then i was told that my foot is going to be fine and i would get to walk again which is, it's such a relief. the accident happened on the zambezi river while amelie was white water rafting with a group. she was airlifted 214 miles to the capital lusaka where surgeons performed a life—saving operation and saved her leg. people say, like, you see your life flash before your eyes but you don't. you just think, how do i get out of this situation? and your brain just goes into overdrive and you think how to get out. but i was just very, very lucky. her condition was so severe, her grandmother was allowed by her bedside despite covid restrictions. i was so grateful that i was allowed to stay here with her. because she had these continuous flashbacks, and terrible dreams. amelie is expected back in the uk to be transferred to a hospital for more treatment. the student says the ordeal has made her more determined to return to zambia. i think, especially now, i've just seen that your life can be over so quickly. so if you're going to live thinking, it sounds so cliched but if you're going to live thinking "i'm going to regret everything," you're never going to have a fulfilled life. so ijust think, just do it while you can. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest — the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. one of the creators of the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine urges the world to invest more to prepare forfuture pandemics — saying the next one could be even worse. a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — a crackdown on criminal gangs, and a warning to recreational users that they could lose their passports or driving licences. nigeria moves onto the uk's red list for travel, meaning anybody arriving from the country must isolate in an approved hotel for ten days. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia speaks for the first time about her ordeal. and coming up — if you live in wales, your household is going to get a free tree to try to help to tackle carbon emissions. a new stage of the grenfell inquiry — starting shortly — will look at the question of how flammable cladding came to be used in an industry that appeared to be as highly regulated as construction. in 2017 72 people were killed when the tower block in west london caught fire, which rapidly engulfed the whole building. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is with me. tell tom symonds, is with me. us what we are expecti| are tell us what we are expecting. - are going to get opening statements in this inquiry which has been going on for years. what we have heard is this inquiry is going to be in the broadest terms about what the government do and what the government do and what the government did about the concerns about the risk of flammable cladding. in particularwe about the risk of flammable cladding. in particular we are going to hear whether the government should have stepped in to change the building regulations which were in place when grenfell was put together and the barrister leading the inquiry said that this was not going to be a game of cat and mouse where core participants might hope their witnesses would smuggle same kind of evidence past on without him noticing. he said they ought to know if they should —— they should admit to something wrong if they have done that. one of the residence is said what we had was a period of concealment by the government over something like 20, 30 years, several governments, labourand governments, labour and conservative, of governments, labourand conservative, of the risks of the problems with the building regulations, and she says they should be properly regarded as one of the greatest scandals over time. it is going to be quite a roller—coaster ride in the section of the inquiry which is going to take us through to april next year and see government ministers give evidence. for and see government ministers give evidence. ., .,, and see government ministers give evidence. ., ., . ., ., evidence. for those watching around the world, tell _ evidence. for those watching around the world, tell us _ evidence. for those watching around the world, tell us how— evidence. for those watching around the world, tell us how long - evidence. for those watching around the world, tell us how long this - the world, tell us how long this inquiry has been going on for, how long it is likely to go on for and what the motivation for setting up the inquiry was. the what the motivation for setting up the inquiry was-— the inquiry was. the grenfell disaster was _ the inquiry was. the grenfell disaster was horrendous, - the inquiry was. the grenfell| disaster was horrendous, the the inquiry was. the grenfell - disaster was horrendous, the worst loss of life, residential fire, disaster was horrendous, the worst loss of life, residentialfire, in modern times. the problem was the cladding added to the outside of the building alight the fire to spread on the other problem was people living in the building had no means of getting out and actually were told to stay inside their flats when it was actually dangerous to stay. the inquiry has looked at by the cladding was put in place. a number of international companies, one which made the cladding on the first place, but they knew about the state of their products and also why it was put on the tower. now we are moving into the governance stage. 0ne bit of detail to help you understand what we are going to hear which is going to be quite a complicated pet of the inquiry. something called class zero which was the top british standard for fire safety when it came to this material on tall buildings. lots of products that they had class zero rating and it turned out it was no decider of whether something burnt or not. you could have cost zero and it could still be flammable. 0ne or not. you could have cost zero and it could still be flammable. one of the big questions is why building regulations allowed products rated class zero to be put on buildings like grenfell and in buildings around the uk where residents know they have huge gusts coming because dodgy cladding was installed on their building and it has to be removed. their building and it has to be removed-— some of the uk's biggest care home companies should have their finances investigated by the competitions watchdog, says the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt. he was speaking to the bbc�*s panorama programme, which is investigating the care home industry. here's our social affairs editor alison holt. what was it like growing up here? lovely, everybody knew everybody. tess grew up in cannock in staffordshire. her mum died when she was young so her dad mick was at the heart of the family. it's more than a year since he died in a care home nearby, and she's been left with many questions about the care he received and the company that ran the home. four days in, five days in, the cracks start to appear. his bed was never made. the toilet area was shocking. my dad is walking in the urine, so my dad shouldn't be walking in that. that home is run by four seasons health care group. it says the home's management team has since changed, but tess wanted to know where the fees paid for her dad went. four seasons? four seasons, yeah. panorama asked experts to draw up a family tree for the group. it was owned by private equity investors but because of its high debts, in 2019, two key companies went into administration. it still has more than 160 companies in the group. i'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you. four seasons says its structure doesn't affect the care it provides, and the homes continue to operate. but business experts say the complexity and use of offshore companies makes it difficult to work out where that money goes. it should surely be the case that these structures should be transparent. they should either bring them onshore, or else they should be required to disclose the full finances of the entire group. it's as simple as that. the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt says in a sector looking after vulnerable people government reforms should include more checks on company finances. there is a real opportunity now to lay down a long—term plan for the sector, and to channel private sector investment in the way we want. that could be a very positive thing. at the moment, it's the wild west out there. the government says it's up to local authorities to ensure providers offer good care, improve staff conditions and invest in services. alison holt, bbc news. the head of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer says that countries have stockpiled more covid jabs than they can use, with the poorest countries struggling to deploy the doses they have been given. the chief executive of the serum institute of india said vaccine hesitancy and poor health infrastructure in some countries meant millions of vaccine doses will soon run out of date before they can be used. adam finn is professor of paediatrics at the university of bristol and a member of the uk's joint committee on vaccination and immunisation. what do you think of this? i think it is really important _ what do you think of this? i think it is really important to _ what do you think of this? i think. it is really important to understand that we are not hearing that countries have got more than enough vaccine for their needs. what we are hearing is that as vaccine supplies began to arrive they are in many places lacking the infrastructure in the organisation to deliver them so thatis the organisation to deliver them so that is two very different things. we need to make sure countries receive vaccines but it is notjust enough to send these boxes are vaccines to these countries and then assume everything will happen immediately. there needs to be the political will, there needs to be the infrastructure and of course there needs to be their willingness on the population to receive the vaccines for the programme to succeed. �* . succeed. but in the meantime there is potentially _ succeed. but in the meantime there is potentially going _ succeed. but in the meantime there is potentially going to _ succeed. but in the meantime there is potentially going to be _ succeed. but in the meantime there is potentially going to be many - is potentially going to be many doses that are lost because they cannot be put into the arms of people for the two reasons you have described. ~ , ,., , people for the two reasons you have described. ~ , , ., , described. absolutely. it means we have to do more _ described. absolutely. it means we have to do more than _ described. absolutely. it means we have to do more than just - described. absolutely. it means we have to do more than just rack- described. absolutely. it means we have to do more than just rack up l have to do more than just rack up the supplies. those supplies are still needed. it is not there is a surplus. it is really important we provide the support necessary to get those vaccines into arms. that means dialogue with politicians and establishing whether, where the blocks are and addressing those through international agencies. in the meantime can we be safe in some parts of the world are not vaccinated?— parts of the world are not vaccinated? ~ , ,., , ., parts of the world are not vaccinated? ~ , , ., , vaccinated? absolutely, that is the ve ke vaccinated? absolutely, that is the very key for— vaccinated? absolutely, that is the very key for the — vaccinated? absolutely, that is the very key for the one _ vaccinated? absolutely, that is the very key for the one point - vaccinated? absolutely, that is the very key for the one point from - vaccinated? absolutely, that is the very key for the one point from all| very key for the one point from all of this, that what we are learning with the arrival of yet another variant that threatens us is that unless a global approach is taken this is going to go on happening so there is a need to engage with us, to work with the world health organization, with unicef, with all 0rganization, with unicef, with all of the agencies that are striving to get things done, and make sure they have the resources and the momentum to get these programmes going in countries that are lagging behind. while you are here to give mind if i ask you where your committee is up to and considering whether young children in the uk should be vaccinated between five and 12? those discussions have already begun and our own going. we are waiting authorisation for that age group from the mhra regulatory agency and as soon as we have finished those discussions and have heard from mhra we will be communicating with the public on that. it we will be communicating with the public on that-— public on that. it sounds like your committee _ public on that. it sounds like your committee has _ public on that. it sounds like your committee has made _ public on that. it sounds like your committee has made a _ public on that. it sounds like your committee has made a decision l public on that. it sounds like your. committee has made a decision that five to 12—year—olds should have them, have i read that correctly? no, you have not. we tend to discuss things over a period of time, to look at evidence as it comes through, but actually at this point no decision has been made. thank you ve much no decision has been made. thank you very much for— no decision has been made. thank you very much for that _ no decision has been made. thank you very much for that update. _ research carried out by bbc 5 live has found that there are huge variations in the time off from work which is offered to people in the uk who suffer miscarriages. 52 businesses were asked about their policy for employees who have miscarriages before the 24th week of pregnancy. seven had a specific "miscarriage leave" policy. ten others said it would fall under bereavement leave. many said any leave granted would be put down as sick leave or compassionate leave. campaigners say this can leave people unclear about where they stand. joining me now is angela crawley who is a scottish national party mp representing lanark and hamilton east. she has created a private member's bill on paid miscarrage leave which has recieved over 28,000 signatures. hello. thank you for talking to us. tell us why you are motivated to sort this issue out.— tell us why you are motivated to sort this issue out. good morning. there is an — sort this issue out. good morning. there is an anomaly _ sort this issue out. good morning. there is an anomaly in _ sort this issue out. good morning. there is an anomaly in the - sort this issue out. good morning. there is an anomaly in the law - there is an anomaly in the law and that parents now receive bereavement leave that up to two weeks after the 24 leave that up to two weeks after the 2a weeks of pregnancy but for all those parents who sadly was a pregnancy before 2a weeks even those who lose a pregnancy the week before 24 weeks or even a day before are entitled to no life whatsoever and i think that is a real problem we have to address. —— no leave whatsoever. it is important we acknowledge the loss is just as profound as the loss of a pregnancy after 24 weeks. taste of a pregnancy after 24 weeks. we had from a couple earlier he had three miscarriages in one year, john and anna, and very happily they have and anna, and very happily they have a one and a half year old now. but anna went back to work because she felt guilty about making her co—workers take on her work, even though she was in a really bad place physically and mentally.— physically and mentally. yeah, absolutely. — physically and mentally. yeah, absolutely, and _ physically and mentally. yeah, absolutely, and that _ physically and mentally. yeah, absolutely, and that is - physically and mentally. yeah, absolutely, and that is the - physically and mentally. yeah, - absolutely, and that is the common thing i hear. most parents say the had to go back to work they were forced to take sick leave or unpaid leave and i think that is the error in the system, is that many people say that they were forced to take sick leave or unpaid leave and that simply is not good enough. the government has admitted that you should have bereavement leave if you lose a pregnancy after 24 weeks so it begs the question why we are not ensuring pregnancy loss prior to 24 weeks and that is what my bill seeks to i am to rectify, that anomaly. i am calling for a minimum of three paid days leave but i would love the government to go further. the petition has 32,000 signatures which shows the strength of feeling that so many parents are sadly affected by this. one in four families will experience miscarriage and i think we have to address that by ensuring they have proper statutory paid leave when the undergo such a traumatic life experience. what traumatic life experience. what chances of _ traumatic life experience. what chances of your _ traumatic life experience. what chances of your bill— traumatic life experience. what chances of your bill becoming law? traumatic life experience. what - chances of your bill becoming law? i am really hopeful. i intend to continue to pursue this relentlessly because i believe it is such an important issue and i have been overwhelmed by the responses i have received from families who have been affected by this that i believe the government has to listen to them and consider what it can do to support families in the workplace particularly during such a difficult time. . ~ particularly during such a difficult time. ., ~' ,, , . particularly during such a difficult time. . ~ , . ., time. thank you very much for talkin: time. thank you very much for talking to _ time. thank you very much for talking to us. _ the fda union has lost a legal challenge over uk prime minister borisjohnson's decision last year to support the home secretary priti patel after accusations of bullying. lawyers for the union had argued that mrjohnson made a "misdirection of law" when he went against the findings of his adviser on ministerial standards in order to back priti patel. an investigation into priti patel�*s behaviour, published in november last year, found she had not always treated civil servants with "consideration and respect". russia's president putin is due to have talks with india's prime minister narendra modi in delhi later as the two countries meet to talk about defence deals. it's mr putin's first bilateral meeting abroad since the pandemic began and his trip comes despite rising covid numbers in his own country. 0ur correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan, told me more about what's likely to come out of the meeting. i think military announcements are going to be the key takeaway from these talks today. hugely significant because president putin has not travelled much since the pandemic but he is here with prime minister narendra modi. india gets most of its arms from russia. russia is its largest arms supplier. 0ne is its largest arms supplier. one thing that might be talked about a lot today as well as technical military agreements is the fact that india has both these as 400 surface to air missiles from russia. it purchased them several years ago but they are starting to be delivered. this caused a lot of consternation in the us. the us threatening sanctions that india buying military equipment from russia although it is unlikely to impose sanctions because india is a key player in this region when it comes to countering china and while we are talking about military agreements and everything else the mood music is india's role in this wider region with the us and russia seeing indiaseeing india's strategic importance. lebanon is facing a severe shortage of vital medicines. in a country where 80 per cent of drugs have to be imported, the central bank says it isn't able to continue subsidising supplies. it's created a major flashpoint for the healthcare sector, and left many families scrambling to afford life—saving medicines. from beirut, carine torbey has sent this report. counting every spoonful. their daughter is diabetic and every meal must be cautiously weighed. it is all about keeping sarah's insulin under control and for that, medication is also a lifelong need. but this family is in lebanon, where medicine is now extremely costly. translation: sarah's medications now i cost more than my husband's salary. i imagine that i count the insulin sensor day by day to make sure it lasts long enough so sarah can use it at school instead of pricking herfinger in front of her friends. medicines for chronic diseases were, until recently, subsidised. protected from the immense increase in prices across the board following a bottomless devaluation of the currency in recent years. but they aren't anymore. their prices have skyrocketed. and that is not all. in a bankrupt state, access to healthcare in general has become a luxury. ahmad was rushed to er with acute pain. he needed a ct scan that could only be performed if he paid a small fortune in cash. he had to pay 5 million. his bill would be more than seven million. just for the labs. this is over ten times the monthly minimum wage in lebanon. translation: this is not normal for my situation i and the situation of the country. but what can i do? everyone has become so worried about getting sick. the doctor wanted ahmad to stay in for 24 hours at least. but he discharged himself. well, ahmad decided to leave the hospital after all, against medical advice. i say decided, but he has no other choice. although he remains in critical condition, he cannot afford the treatment fees. this is how dramatic the situation is. as the economy here continues to crumble, more and more people are faced with these life or death decisions. carine torbey, bbc news, beirut. a climber in the french alps who stumbled on a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires on mont blanc eight years ago has been given half of them. it's thought they may have been on an air india flight which crashed into the mountain in 1966. sylvia lennan—spence reports. a glacier that tragically became a graveyard more than 50 years ago. passengers on a plane from india to switzerland crashing here but in this box their memories live on. these were all found buried in the french snow by an anonymous climber eight years ago, who handed them in. translation: these are emeralds that are engraved into _ the shape of a lotus. it is an indian tradition. it was certainly a stone dealer who went to geneva for commercial reasons. the hunt was on for who owns the boeing treasure, as one newspaper put it, as authorities must allow eight years for it to be claimed. "we believe my father—in—law was the owner of the box," said one claimant. "there were bags of gems belonging to me. the bulk of them were diamonds which i had hidden in tea tins and entrusted to a sailor," claimed another. but no legitimate owner was found so this 6000—piece treasure was split 50—50 between its finder, the climber, and chamonix town hall. with each half valued at $169,000, the discoverer�*s lawyer was on hand. translation: it is very i moving to see them today. it took a lot of patience. she broke the news to her discrete client. translation: i did not believe in it anymore. i it is really too much. i'm going to put it in an account without going overboard. the next resting place for these mysterious gems will be chamonix's museum of crystals, where they go on display in two weeks' time. one silver lining in this tale tinged in tragedy. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. if you live in wales, then the welsh government is planning to give you a free tree to plant to help tackle climate change. you'll have a choice of native species to plant in your garden or have added to woodland on your behalf. the scheme will cost around £2 million and aims to plant around 1.3 million trees. our wales correspondent hywel griffiths reports. from these young seedlings, one day, entire forests may grow. the welsh government says it wants to see 86 million trees planted across wales by the end of the decade to capture carbon and combat climate change. that's why next year it will offer over a million native trees for free — either to be added to a woodland like this or for people to plant themselves at home. but at the cost of £2 million to the taxpayer, how likely is it that they'll survive and thrive? trees are tough, actually. you've got to treat them pretty badly to kill a tree. you know, just a bit of tender loving care and it will be fine. bit of space and plenty of water. to reach 86 million, many, many more will need to be planted. a national forest stretching across wales is planned. a similar scheme is happening in the midlands. but planting to capture carbon is the subject of scientific debate. it depends on the type of tree and its location. stopping deforestation is, for some, a bigger priority, as well as cutting emissions. whether wales's big tree giveaway can have a meaningful impact won't be clear for at least a generation. but ministers say it's a worthwhile investment in the nation's future. hywel griffith, bbc news. more than 220 santas have taken part in an annual ski run in the us. the ski slopes of the state of maine were packed as the annual santa sunday at the sunday river resort was held — and there was even one green grinch who hates christmas among them. the event is a fund—raiser for a charity which creates educational and recreational opportunities for young people. now it's time for a look at the weather. some of us are going to see some snow in the forecast. notjust today but also tomorrow. today is going to be called across the board. when the wherever you are. a weather front moving to the east. it is bringing some rain with it and also some snow across the pennines and parts of scotland but as it continues to move eastwards behind it you will see a return to sunshine and showers. some of the showers are steady and heavy with hail and wintry across the far north of scotland but a lot of cloudy weather and a lot of sunshine and rain lingering across cambridgeshire, eastand and rain lingering across cambridgeshire, east and kent. and rain lingering across cambridgeshire, eastand kent. it and rain lingering across cambridgeshire, east and kent. it is going to be cold. maybe into double figures across the far south—west and the channel islands. this evening we say goodbye to the rain. the shower slowly start to fade for most but continue across the north and the west where they will be wintry. a widespread frost on the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and by the end of the night the first signs of storm barra will be coming in across parts of ireland, named by the irish met service because most impacts are likely to because most impacts are likely to be felt across ireland. tomorrow storm barra will cross our shores taking some snow and rain and strong winds. dust is widely 50 mph, 60 to 70 miles per are near exposed coasts and the snow across parts of scotland and northern angled so disruption as possible. we start off with some bright skies across central and eastern areas. crossing into western parts of england, wales and scotland. heavy rain, snow, two to five centimetres possible across northern england, the southern uplands and the highlands but on higher ground we could see up to ten centimetres and on the wind there is likely to be some drifting and some blizzards. tuesday into wednesday is the centre of the low in the store moves across us. it weakens a little bit but on wednesday we are looking at some showers or rain with no predominantly on higher ground and still when they were skills with exposure across parts of the southwest. wherever you are it is going to feel cold with temperatures between five and nine. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... if you take take drugs at the weekend — so—called �*recreational�* drug users — you could have your passport and driving licence confiscated — as part of a government plan to reduce drug use in england and wales. we are putting a lot more investment, number one, into tackling the 300,000 problem drug users who drive about half of acquisitive crime and half of the homicides in this country. the question for the government is not just over the plans today but the money they have taken out of the system, millions of pounds taken out of the system over the years and that has caused a lot of the problems. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest — the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments "concealed" the extent of risks to building safety. the result is a prolonged period of concealment by government which should probably be regarded as one of the major scandals of our time. one of the creators of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine urges the world to invest more to prepare forfuture pandemics — saying the next one could be even worse. and coming up — i'll be talking to lola young, who featured in this year's john lewis christmas advert — as she's announced as one of the top ten musicians on the bbc�*s "sound of 2022" list. the home secretary, priti patel, will today publish a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — promising to deal further with criminal gangs, and also warning that recreational users could lose their passports or driving licences. 2,000 county lines gangs will be dismantled, according to a pledge by ministers. official say there will be the largest ever single investment in treating and rehabilitating addicts, particularly in some of the most deprived areas that have the highest rates of drug—related crime. the prime minister said the government will look at taking away the passports and driving licences of "lifestyle" drug users. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. drug misuse is one of the most hard to fix issues faced by government. close to a million people are thought to use cocaine in england and wales each year. in england alone, a quarter of a million people are long—term users of heroin and 180,000 use crack cocaine. many people use both. the new drug strategy will try to get the estimated 300,000 addicts in england and wales into better treatment, in the hopes of improving their lives and reducing crime. the strategy is disappointing, i think, from our point of view. it focuses far too much on what we already have, which is criminalising people who come into contact with drugs, and until we start seeing the drug problem as a health issue rather than a criminal issue, i don't think much is going to change. two thirds of all shoplifting, more than half of all burglary, and more than a quarter of all robberies in england and wales are thought to be drug related. ministers are also keen to emphasise a further crackdown on what are known as county lines gangs, which sell drugs into smaller towns and bring problems of violence and exploitation of vulnerable people with them. as part of the push to tackle demand, the prime minister has talked about punishing people who use drugs at nightclubs and dinner parties by taking away their passports and driving licences. daniel sandford, bbc news, westminster. here's the prime minister borisjohnson speaking about the strategy earlier. what is new is that we are putting a lot more investment, number one, into tackling the 300,000 problem drugs users who drive more than half of the acquisitive crime and half of the homicides in this country. crime has been coming down overall in the last couple of years but we are seeing a lot of problems caused by these 300,000 problem drug users and what we are doing is ramping up our campaign against the county lines networks that are preying on these users. you've got to invest in rehabilitation, everybody who knows about drugs trials, 300,000 people, their lives are chaotic and they need to be taken off drugs, put into rehab, but you've also got to come down hard on the gangsters who are making hell of people's lives. we want everyone to be able to grow up in safer streets, everybody to have the right to have a safe community to grow up in. the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, said drug problems in the uk had got worse during the conservatives' time in government. we need to look at the plans in detail when we see them in detail. but there is no doubt that the drug problem has got a lot worse in the last 10 years, particularly issues like drug—related deaths and the county lines, which are destroying lives. and the question for the government is not just about the plans today, but the money they have taken out of the system, millions and millions of pounds has been taken out of the system over the years, and that has caused a lot of the problems. so i want to see the plans, i want to see the strategy. i want the prime minister to take responsibility for the money that's been taken out of criminaljustice in the last 10 years that's caused many of these problems. the medic dame carol black was invited by the home office earlier this year to conduct an independent review of recovery services and treatment for drug addicts. she told us she did not consider boris johnson's suggestion that recreational drug users should lose their passports or driving licences. no, i didn't but i did do a section on recreational drugs because the prime minister is right, the powder cocaine trade is worth about 2,000,000,000 a year to the dealers and of course it's a violent trade so every time someone takes powdered cocaine, they are driving a very violent trade run by albanian gangs. and that trade leads to more county lines and more young people drawn into the trade but the problem as i did the work, i always try to be evidence—based, i could not find any evidence for what would work, at the moment, in enabling someone who is going to take recreational drugs to think again. so you will see in my review, i asked for an innovation fund so we could get some good pilots up and running quickly to think about what behavioural things we might use to change people's behaviour. we just don't know. marie edmonds is the founder of the charity, aspirations programme. they help sex workers caught up with substance abuse. i asked her what she thought about the funding announcement. i welcome it. there has been a lot of cutbacks over the last ten years. what the prime minister said about crime dropping over the last two years, it would happen in lockdown so it is going to drop. he is absolutely right that there needs to be money that goes into the treatment side of things but what they need to be prepared for is every time they need one company lines on two of them will come straight back through.- lines on two of them will come straight back through. they have already clamped _ straight back through. they have already clamped down _ straight back through. they have already clamped down on - straight back through. they have already clamped down on 1500 l straight back through. they have| already clamped down on 1500 or disrupted 1500 company lines, they want to do another 2000. when you on one someone sets up a phone line to do it again somewhere else. absolutely. you see it a lot in the area i am absolutely. you see it a lot in the area i am in-_ absolutely. you see it a lot in the area i am in-— ai absolutely. you see it a lot in the i area i am in._ a lot area i am in. what do you see? a lot of vulnerable — area i am in. what do you see? a lot of vulnerable adults, _ area i am in. what do you see? a lot of vulnerable adults, a _ area i am in. what do you see? a lot of vulnerable adults, a lot _ area i am in. what do you see? a lot of vulnerable adults, a lot of - of vulnerable adults, a lot of women, ilott of vulnerable women who fall victim to county lines, the police in my area have been extremely good with recognising they are vulnerable women and targeting the county lines, but literally as soon as they get one, and another to come back in the area. that soon as they get one, and another to come back in the area.— come back in the area. that sounds like it will be _ come back in the area. that sounds like it will be a — come back in the area. that sounds like it will be a hard _ come back in the area. that sounds like it will be a hard job. _ come back in the area. that sounds like it will be a hard job. in - come back in the area. that sounds like it will be a hard job. in terms i like it will be a hard job. in terms of what the government to sign will be the largest ever single investment in drug treatment, what do you think of that bearing in mind the conservatives have cut expenditure on access to drug treatment by nearly a fifth in the last ten years? it treatment by nearly a fifth in the last ten years?— last ten years? it will be interesting _ last ten years? it will be interesting to _ last ten years? it will be interesting to see if - last ten years? it will be interesting to see if thatj last ten years? it will be - interesting to see if that happens. i know the overdose right over the last ten years in a substantial lead to people that are no longer with us since the cutback happened, and the strategy i am saying they are going to put more community workers in. they have done this. they have done drug rehabilitation, iwas they have done this. they have done drug rehabilitation, i was on one of the first pilots, testing, they don't work. people need to go into detoxes, to specialist treatment, providers, where they can get to look at the root causes of the addiction which is always some kind of underlying trauma. that is what will tackle the war on drugs that we have at the minute. at the moment we are losing the war on drugs. they have got a long road ahead of them. let's talk to mike trace. he's ceo of the forward trust, which empowers people to break the cycles of addiction or crime. i wonder what you think so far and the details on the rehabilitation side of things we will get this afternoon. he: side of things we will get this afternoon-— side of things we will get this afternoon. a , ., , ,, , ., afternoon. as previous speakers have said the details _ afternoon. as previous speakers have said the details will— afternoon. as previous speakers have said the details will be _ afternoon. as previous speakers have said the details will be buried - afternoon. as previous speakers have said the details will be buried in - afternoon. as previous speakers have said the details will be buried in a - said the details will be buried in a document this afternoon. but it does look like there will be a significant investment of new funds which will be very welcome. the fact that the government following the recommendations of the carol black review are very promising because the review is very good quality one and gave not only request for new money but some very good analysis of how that money should be spent. fiber how that money should be spent. over fundin: how that money should be spent. over funding make — how that money should be spent. over funding make up _ how that money should be spent. over funding make up for the cuts we have seen by the conservatives since 2010, whether it is to police officers or access to drug treatment? it officers or access to drug treatment?— officers or access to drug treatment? it is definitely a replenishment. _ treatment? it is definitely a replenishment. i— treatment? it is definitely a replenishment. i myself- treatment? it is definitely a | replenishment. i myself was treatment? it is definitely a - replenishment. i myself was involved in spending on drug treatment in previous administrations and your previous administrations and your previous speakers are absolutely right, because of the last ten years have led to a lot less people getting access to treatment but also a lower quality of treatment. it is very important that treatment is sufficient and motivational to make people want to turn their lives around and if the budget cuts have had the effect of hollowing out the treatment, this is a very welcome replenishment. hate treatment, this is a very welcome replenishment.— treatment, this is a very welcome replenishment. we heard the prime minister a little _ replenishment. we heard the prime minister a little earlier _ replenishment. we heard the prime minister a little earlier talk about i minister a little earlier talk about the 300,000 or so who are addicted to heroin, cocaine, crack, and many of those are responsible for the levels of crime we see this country. what you think about the language used around people like that? hate used around people like that? we have to used around people like that? - have to be very careful with the language. we don't want to be stigmatising and saying we launched a campaign, for example a couple of months ago with the duchess of cambridge that reminded people that everybody struggling with an addiction is struggling with some sort of mental health problems that make have arisen from childhood or arising from depression or loneliness or harsh lives, so we have to understand that is where addiction comes from. you mentioned 300,000 registered people who have drug or, cocaine or opiate problems but that many other hundreds of thousands addicted to other substances or behaviours like gambling. they are not all moral degenerates and outsider in society. they are people struggling with a health condition and we should respond with care and compassion and treatment of. respond with care and compassion and treatment of-— treatment of. addiction is a health condition, that _ treatment of. addiction is a health condition, that is how _ treatment of. addiction is a health condition, that is how we - treatment of. addiction is a health condition, that is how we should i condition, that is how we should approach it. condition, that is how we should approach it— condition, that is how we should a- roach it. ~ , , ., ., approach it. absolutely. health and social and economic _ approach it. absolutely. health and social and economic elements - approach it. absolutely. health and social and economic elements but i social and economic elements but fundamentally until those individuals are helped and motivated and inspired to want to live a different life we are not going to make any substantial changes to. there are some people who still believe that actually people choose to take heroin and cocaine to such levels that it damages their life and they think you can just stop at what you say to those people? you can't 'ust what you say to those people? you can'tjust stop. _ what you say to those people? you can'tjust stop. it— what you say to those people? gm. can'tjust stop, it is not that easy, if people could they would. people do not want to live addicted lifestyles. forward trust programme it is important to acknowledge, it is very important to confront the negative behaviour, people steal things and cause problems around them but those behaviours are temporary. this is not for those people are. if they can be able to be held to move out of its negative cycle of behaviour everybody can recover and deliver very profitable life. we have to look on addiction as being a temporary struggle, but are going through, and we need to help them outwith. are going through, and we need to help them out with.— the former leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi — who was ousted from power in a military coup earlier this year — has been sentenced to four years in prison. a spokesman for the military—backed government said she was found guilty of inciting unrest and violating covid restrictions during last year's election campaign. it's the first in a series of verdicts she's facing that could see her be sent to prison for the rest of her life. our correspondent in thailand, jonathan head, says we don't know a great deal about the sentencing because it was held behind closed doors. she has not actually been seen in public since she was detained in the very first hours of the coup in february. we haven't heard very much about the proceedings, the lawyers have limited access to her, they are actually barred by the military from even talking about the court proceedings. all we do know is that she was found guilty on the first count of violating covid restrictions, apparently because an event where she waved at supporters while she was actually wearing a face mask and a face shield during last year's election campaign. the other case involves a statement that was put out by her party, the national league for democracy, right after the coup, calling on people to oppose it, she did not put her name to that statement and she was already incommunicado. she had already been detained. the judge decided she must bear responsibility for it. she was given two years on each count of a maximum of three years on these charges. i think to be honest, all the charges that have been piled up against ranging from one, in relation to walkie—talkies found in her house, used by her security guards, others far more serious involving allegations of corruption, breaking the official secrets act, the details hardly matter. the court process is so un—transparent and so widely condemned, so manifestly in violation of normal judicial procedures that everyone sees this as a political device. this is just the first verdict in what is expected to be a whole rolling series of verdicts that could put her in prison for more than 100 years. the headlines on bbc news... a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — a crackdown on criminal gangs, and a warning to recreational users that they could lose their passports or driving licences. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest, the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments �*concealed' the extent of risks to building safety a new stage of the grenfell inquiry is under way this morning, and will look at the question of how flammable cladding came to be used in an industry that appeared to be as highly regulated as construction. in 2017, 72 people were killed when the tower block in west london caught fire, which rapidly engulfed the whole building. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is with me. what have we heard so far this morning? to what have we heard so far this mornin: ? ., i. . ~ ., morning? to give you the background this is the beginning _ morning? to give you the background this is the beginning of _ morning? to give you the background this is the beginning of the _ morning? to give you the background this is the beginning of the last - this is the beginning of the last phase of the inquiry which has been going on for some years. five months of hearings looking at what governments knew and what they did with the risks but as you can see from grenfell very existed. we have heard opening statements this morning. one from richard miller qc who is the inquiry�*s on barrister and he has been quite robust during this whole process in making sure the various organisations that are giving evidence to the inquiry being honest with him and this is what he had to say. this inquiry is not a game of cat and mouse, where core participants might hope that their witnesses will smuggle something past counsel to the inquiry or that the counsel to the inquiry might miss a trick. these core participants and their witnesses know, or ought to know, what is in the documents. it is in the interests of the inquiry's work, and so in the public interest, that these bodies fully embrace their obligations of candour and openness and face up to the stark realities that they reveal. what are you saying there is if you have done something wrong we need to hear you say that. also we have just heard from stephanie bar wes qc, the vast of one of the largest groups of victims of the fire, and say setting out at the moment the long history of what governments knew about the risks of fire safety, the problems with building regulations in england and wales, and what they did about them. but she opened her statement with these words. the grenfell disaster- is a predictable yet unintended consequence of the combination of the laudable desire _ to reduce carbon emissions, - coupled with an unbridled passion for deregulation, in particular, the desire to deregulate - and boost the housing - and construction industry. government's dependency on that l industry resulted in the government becoming the junior partner in the relationship, - thereby permitting industry's i exploitation of the regulations. government's response on realising the extent of the problem _ was to react by concealment, instead of candour. _ the result is a prolonged periodj of concealment by government, which should properly be regarded as one of the major— scandals of our time. just to pick up some of the themes she races there which really encompasses everything, a deregulation of the industry in the building industry, possibly what she called a laudable desire to reduce carbon emissions. a lot of the cutting put on buildings like gronefeld was put there to make those buildings warmer and reduce their carbon emissions. a good thing to do but if you are deregulating the industry she is saying that is a problem. as she said the government knowing what was going wrong but concealing it. those are the allegations the government and other public bodies will face over the next five months.— nigeria has become the latest country to be added to the uk's red travel list. ten other african countries were added to the list last week following concerns about the emergence of the omicron variant. the british government says the decision is temporary and will be reviewed in three weeks. nigeria's high commissioner to the uk, ambassador sarafa isola, warned there were many nigerians who were now unable to get back to britain. talking of people who are travelling down here. a lot of people have gone home, doctors, nurses, working in the uk, providing health services to the nhs and when they come back, you can imagine the effect. and in addition, you are talking of the anger of 200—million people. since i resumed duty here, i am committed to deepening relationships between nigeria and the united kingdom and of course, this decision is going to hamper that and that's why i am not particularly happy about it. one of the scientists responsible for developing the astrazeneca vaccine has warned that future pandemics could prove to be even more lethal than covid — unless more money is spent on preparations for dealing with them. dame sarah gilbert said that extra funding was needed to ensure the advances gained over the last two years were not lost. she also warned that current vaccines may not be as effective against the new omicron variant. the truth is the next one could be worse. it could be more contagious or more lethal or both. we cannot allow a situation where we have gone through all we have gone through and then find that the enormous economic losses we have sustained mentor is still no funding for pandemic preparedness. the advances we have made in the knowledge we have gained must not be lost. the experts who responded rapidly and worked religiously in 2020 and 2021without him we would still be at the mercy of the virus must not now be asked to fade back into patient and underfunded obscurity. a number of european countries are now seeing increasing numbers of cases of the omicron variant. dr viola priesemann is a physicist at the max planck institute in germany. she warned that the new variant could further the strain on healthcare systems. the omicron shows again that it is not possible to fight covid as a single country, we need european coordination and obviously we have to look into the entire pandemic in the world. i think one of the common aspects we regularly see in countries that are closing borders, they are trying to slow down the spread of omicron, but if not all countries in europe jointly, then omicron sets foothold in one country, we will find it very, very soon in the other countries as well. 0k. so, what would you suggest? what we suggest is first of all to co—ordinate and find a common goal, whatever that is, that is a political decision. obviously slowing down omicron, as long as we don't know much about its lethality, is extremely important. doing that coordinated across all european countries is an important part of the travel and commute. the second point that one should consider is in case the vaccination is not as protective as it has been for the past variants, then low case numbers really have a clear advantage, because low numbers of omicron buys us time until we have a novel vaccination developed. we did have optimism from the researchers last week who were looking at the booster jabs, certainly here in the uk, these were british scientists at southampton university, who suggested that the boosterjabs were incredibly effective and that gave them optimism for the omicron variant. these are very promising results, however we really have to look into the details of the coming ten days about, so if that helps, it will definitely help now. in germany, we have a very high rate of boosterjabs at the moment, so that would be perfect timing to also prepare for omicron and prevent the severe course of omicron. there is still the vaccination gap, there are people who have either not yet been vaccinated or infected, and they might have little protection, then if the cases skyrocket among that population, it might still put the health system under stress. thousands of people in the north east of england are still without heating and hot water this morning — ten days on from the damage to power lines caused by storm arwen. northern powergrid says it hopes to have everyone in its area reconnected by tuesday, but there are concerns about the impact of storm barra, which is due to hit the uk tomorrow. all affected homes in scotland have now been reconnected. the education secretary nadhim zahawi will make a statement to mps this afternoon about his decision to order a national review into the killing of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes. arthur's stepmother emma tustin and his father thomas hughes were jailed last week after being found guilty of causing his death. the pair had beaten and tortured arthur for several months before he died — but social workers had found "no safeguarding concerns". anisa kadri reports. remembering a little boy killed during lockdown by the people who were supposed to take care of him. the vigil over the weekend took place near the house in the west midlands where arthur labinjo—hughes was tortured by his stepmum and father. neighbours have expressed their shock and sadness. i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother. and i would go to the ends of the earth for my children, and my grandchildren. i'd never, ever let anything happen to them. and i think a lot needs to be done still to protect vulnerable children. arthur's stepmum emma tustin was jailed for 29 years for his murder and his father, thomas hughes, got 21 years for manslaughter. the government has now announced an urgent inspection of social care, health, police and probation services in solihull where arthur lived and died, as well as a review into lessons to be learned nationally. they say it will be a deep and independent look into what's happened. the education secretary is expected to discuss the case in parliament today. the most important thing is that reviews do capture learning from these terrible, terrible things that happen. what we need governments to do is to not do yet another review, but to actually fund the agencies in their local areas so that they can embed the learning from all the previous reviews that they do, so that things can actually improve for children. arthur! are you going to play for england? it's hoped any review will answer questions around the warning signs and what could have been done to help arthur. anisa kadri, bbc news. the international tennis federation says it will not follow the lead of the women's tennis association and suspend its tournaments in china over concerns for the safety of tennis star peng shuai. the player wasn't seen in public for several weeks after accusing a chinese politician of sexual assault. the federation's president, david haggerty, told the bbc it did not want to, as he put it, �*punish a billion people'. we will continue to run ourjunior events in the country, the senior events, that are there for the time being. we will continue to analyse the situation but we feel growing grassroots and making tennis available is an important element and so we will continue those efforts in conjunction with the chinese tennis association. the fda union has lost a legal challenge over prime minister borisjohnson's decision to support priti patel after she was accused of bullying colleagues. lawyers for the union, which represents senior public servants, had argued that mrjohnson made a "misdirection of law" when he stood by the home secretary last year — against the advice of his adviser on ministerial standards. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello. there was some snow for service in the forecast, notjust today but also tomorrow. today we have this band of rain producing snow for some this morning and it is steadily moving eastwards. we had some sunshine and showers. some of them heavy with aisle. still wintry in the higher ground across north—west. where everywhere it will be windy and for most of us it will be windy and for most of us it will be another cold day. this evening we say goodbye to disband the print that clears away. many of the showers were certified but they will continue especially across north and west. they will be wintry. once again we are looking at a cold night with a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated services. by the end of the night we already see the first signs of storm barra coming our way. that will be across us as we go through the course of tomorrow. it will bring widespread gales, especially across the coasts, but inland certain that you will notice it. also the potentialfor some disruptive snow across parts of scotland and northern england. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — a crackdown on criminal gangs, and a warning to recreational users that they could lose their passports or driving licences. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest — the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments �*concealed' the extent of risks to building safety. one of the creators of the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine urges the world to invest more to prepare forfuture pandemics — saying the next one could be even worse. nigeria moves onto the uk's red list for travel, meaning anybody arriving from the country must isolate in an approved hotel for ten days. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia speaks for the first time about her ordeal. and coming up — if you live in wales, your houshold is going to get a free tree to try to help to tackle carbon emissions. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's karthee. good morning. darren gough has been appointed as the interim managing director of yorkshire county cricket club. the former england fast bowler replaces martyn moxon, who was one of 16 people to leave the club last week after the former player, azeem rafiq, was found to be a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at yorkshire. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be in the position until the end of the 2022 season. it's not been an easy build up to this ashes series for either england or australia with controversy, quarantine and bad weather affecting both sides. australia have named their starting xi for the first test which begins in brisbane at midnight on wednesday but england's captain joe root still has a few key decisions to make, not least whether to start with ben stokes who has been away from competitive cricket since july — he took a break to prioritise his mental health while recovering from a finger injury. in from a finger injury. terms of pay and he has done everything in terms of pay and he has done everything he can to get himself into the best physical shape possible and so have the rest of the bowlers, whether that has been through trying to simulate things and get workloads in different wales, walking around brisbane, playing a full day in the field, it is a unique set of circumstances. we need to try and make the best of what we had. in that respect both teams are in the same vote and we have had very similar build—ups. all you can do is throw everything into the game and make sure you give a really good account of yourself. and we've had confirmation that the final ashes test in perth will be moved, due to coronavirus restrictions in western australia. no replacement venue has been named as yet but melbourne is standing by. officials in tasmania are lobbying to take an ashes test to hobart for the first time. chelsea women's manager emma hayes has praised fran kirby and sam kerr after their goals won them the fa cup. they beat arsenal 3—nil to win the delayed final, in front of over 40—thousand fans at wembley. hayes said kirby played her best game in a chelsea shirt. the england forward scored afterjust three minutes and her partnership with kerr this season has been outstanding — the pair are the top—scorers in the women's super league. kerr's second goal at wembley was a fantastic finish. hayes said she had no doubt she was the best striker in the world. the win wrapped up a first domestic treble for chelsea. the big clubs will be in tonight's draw for the third round of the men's fa cup — and here's a name to look out for.. national league side chesterfield, who upset league two side, salford city away from home yesterday — liam manderville with a stunning strike, as they won 2—nil. chesterfield boss james rowe said his team is building "something special" this season — they'll be watching closely for an exciting tie later on. level on points, one race to go — one of the most hard—fought f1 seasons will go right down to the wire and who takes this year's driver's title is.... the big question... the saudi arabian grand prix was chaotic and controversial — the most significant moment was when max verstappen was ordered to allow lewis hamilton to pass. but as the dutchman slowed to let him by, hamilton crashed into the back of him. the british driver was able to push on and take the chequered flag, setting up the winner—takes—all finale in abu dhabi next weekend. and china's zhao xintong said he would be celebrating with a bit of karaoke back home in sheffield after winning his first major snooker title. he beat luca brecel of belgium 10 frames to 5 at york's barbican to take the uk championship, one of the sport's prestigious �*triple crown' tournaments. zhao said he would be singing we are the champions — and he was overjoyed to get the win under his belt. iamjust so i am just so happy, so happy, an exciting night tonight. i i amjust so happy, so happy, an exciting night tonight.— i amjust so happy, so happy, an exciting night tonight. i love your work. cheering and applause i'll bet he does. that's all the sport for now. i'll be back with more later. research carried out by bbc five live has found that there are huge variations in the time off from work which is offered to people in the uk who suffer miscarriages. 52 businesses were asked about their policy for employees who have miscarriages before the 24th week of pregnancy. only seven had a specific "miscarriage leave" policy. ten others said it would fall under bereavement leave. many said any leave granted would be put down as sick leave or compassionate leave. campaigners say this can leave people unclear about where they stand. joining me now is ruth bender atik, who is the national director of the miscarriage association. hello to you. how important do you feel it is for companies to have a specific miscarriage policy? i think it is hu:el specific miscarriage policy? i think it is hugely important _ specific miscarriage policy? i think it is hugely important for - specific miscarriage policy? i think it is hugely important for the - it is hugely important for the reason she already mentioned, that people will know where they are. the women who are having the losses and their partners, but also employers and managers, they will know what the structure is and what is available for people. hath? the structure is and what is available for people. why do you think so many — available for people. why do you think so many do _ available for people. why do you think so many do not? _ available for people. why do you think so many do not? they - available for people. why do you | think so many do not? they don't because it — think so many do not? they don't because it differs _ think so many do not? they don't because it differs from _ think so many do not? they don't because it differs from place - think so many do not? they don't because it differs from place to i because it differs from place to place an company to company and even sometimes from manager to manager. at the moment, the only thing that is built into law is that you can have pregnancy —related sickness leave after a loss before 24 weeks if you have a note from your gp or hospital doctor. that is not necessarily paid leave but it does allow lee. there is no statutory right to parental bereavement leave. it also means that actually some employers do not even know about what is available already. hour what is available already. how often, what is available already. how often. how — what is available already. how often, how common _ what is available already. how often, how common is - what is available already. how often, how common is miscarriage? what is available already. how - often, how common is miscarriage? it is horribly common, around one in four pregnancies end that way and it is much more common than people think. ~ ., , , ., is much more common than people think. ~ ., , ., think. what support do you offer --eole? think. what support do you offer people? not— think. what support do you offer people? notjust— think. what support do you offer people? notjust the _ think. what support do you offer people? notjust the women, i think. what support do you offer| people? notjust the women, but think. what support do you offer - people? notjust the women, but also the husbands, partners, wives etc. we offer support and information and thatis we offer support and information and that is support because very often people do not have anyone who they feel they can talk to and express their feelings too, feel they can talk to and express theirfeelings too, because feel they can talk to and express their feelings too, because quite often people assume it is not a big deal, it is only a miscarriage and they do not realise how much grief and pain and loss it can cause people, even in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. but we also offer information to help people make sense of what has happened insofar as you ever can and to help sometimes translate the information they get from hospital, which sometimes canjust be they get from hospital, which sometimes can just be very confusing. sometimes can 'ust be very confusinah sometimes can 'ust be very confusinu. . ~' ., ., ~ ., confusing. thank you for talking to us this morning. _ some of the uk's biggest care home companies should have their finances investigated by the competitions watchdog, says the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt. he was speaking to the bbc�*s panorama programme, which is investigating the care home industry. here's our social affairs editor alison holt. what was it like growing up here? lovely, everybody knew everybody. tess grew up in cannock in staffordshire. her mum died when she was young so her dad mick was at the heart of the family. it's more than a year since he died in a care home nearby, and she's been left with many questions about the care he received and the company that ran the home. four days in, five days in, the cracks start to appear. his bed was never made. the toilet area was shocking. my dad is walking in the urine, so my dad shouldn't be walking in that. that home is run by four seasons health care group. it says the home's management team has since changed, but tess wanted to know where the fees paid for her dad went. four seasons? four seasons, yeah. panorama asked experts to draw up a family tree for the group. it was owned by private equity investors but because of its high debts, in 2019, two key companies went into administration. it still has more than 160 companies in the group. i'm gobsmacked, to be honest with you. four seasons says its structure doesn't affect the care it provides, and the homes continue to operate. but business experts say the complexity and use of offshore companies makes it difficult to work out where that money goes. it should surely be the case that these structures should be transparent. they should either bring them onshore, or else they should be required to disclose the full finances of the entire group. it's as simple as that. the former health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt says in a sector looking after vulnerable people, government reforms should include more checks on company finances. there is a real opportunity now to lay down a long—term plan for the sector, and to channel private sector investment in the way we want. that could be a very positive thing. at the moment, it's the wild west out there. the government says it's up to local authorities to ensure providers offer good care, improve staff conditions and invest in services. alison holt, bbc news. and you can see more on that investigation, on panorama tonight at 7:30pm on bbc one and then on the iplayer. lebanon is facing a severe shortage of vital medicines. in a country where 80 per cent of drugs have to be imported, the central bank says it isn't able to continue subsidising supplies. it's created a major flashpoint for the healthcare sector, and left many families scrambling to afford life—saving medicines. from beirut, carine torbey has sent this report. counting every spoonful. this woman's daughter is diabetic and every male must be cautiously wide. it is all about keeping her insulin under control and for that, medication is also a lifelong need. but this family is in lebanon, where medicine is now extremely costly. translation: sarah's medication now cost more than my husband's salary. imagine that i count the insulin sensor day by day, to make sure that it lasts long enough, so sarah could use it at school instead of pricking her finger in front of herfriends. medicines for chronic diseases where until recently subsidised, protected from the immense increase in prices across the board, following a valuation of the currency in recent years. but they are not any more. their prices have skyrocketed. and that is not all. in a bankrupt state, access to health care in general has become a luxury. ahmad was rushed to the er with acute pain, he needed a ct scan that could only be performed if he paid a small fortune in cash. he had to pay 5,000,000. his bill would be more than 7,000,000. just for... ct and lungs. this is over ten times the monthly minimum wage in lebanon. translation: this is not normal for my situation i and the situation of the country, but what can i do? _ everyone has become so worried about getting sick. _ the doctor wanted ahmad to stay in the hospital for 24 hours at least, but he discharged himself. well, ahmad decided to leave the hospital after all, against medical advice. i say decided, but he has no other choice, although he remains in critical condition, he cannot afford the treatment he needs. this is how dramatic the situation is. as the economy here continues to crumble, more and more people are faced with these life or death decisions. carine torbey, bbc news, beirut. today the �*bbc sound of 2022 longlist�* has been revealed. and here is one of the nominees — 21 year old lola young from south london... # like my fists should stay closed. # like my fists should stay closed. # all, it is a bad game of love we are in... the list has in the past predicted the musical success of adele, amy winehouse and goerge ezra the nominees are chosen by a host of music critics and industry figures to find the most promising new music talent. this year's winner will be announced onjanuary 6th. eight of the 10 nominees this year are women and lola is also voice of this year's john lewis christmas advert — a cover of together in electric dreams. # i only knew you for a while. # i only knew you for a while. # i only knew you for a while. # i never saw your smile. # i never saw your smile. # till it was time to go. # till it was time to go. # time to go away. # time to go away. # sometimes it's hard to recognise. # sometimes it's hard to recognise. # love comes as a surprise. # love comes as a surprise. # and its too late. # and its too late. # it is just too late to stay. # it is just too late to stay. # too late to stay. # too late to stay. # will always be together. # will always be together. # howeverfar it # will always be together. # however far it seems. # however far it seems. # will always be together. # will always be together. # together in electric dreams. lola joins me now. congratulations. how do you feel? amazing, ifeel so good. it is congratulations. how do you feel? amazing, i feel so good. it is a congratulations. how do you feel? amazing, ifeel so good. it is a big recognition thing, i guess, obviously being an up—and—coming artist, having to work hard and things, it means a lot. the artist, having to work hard and things, it means a lot.- artist, having to work hard and things, it means a lot. the list of winners in _ things, it means a lot. the list of winners in the _ things, it means a lot. the list of winners in the past, _ things, it means a lot. the list of winners in the past, like - things, it means a lot. the list of winners in the past, like adele i things, it means a lot. the list of. winners in the past, like adele and george ezra and the list has really predicted accurately, hasn't it? yes, in the past you look at adele and where she was aware she is now and where she was aware she is now and it is pretty mad. haifa and where she was aware she is now and it is pretty mad.— and it is pretty mad. how did the john lewis _ and it is pretty mad. how did the john lewis advert _ and it is pretty mad. how did the john lewis advert come - and it is pretty mad. how did the john lewis advert come about? i and it is pretty mad. how did the| john lewis advert come about? it and it is pretty mad. how did the - john lewis advert come about? it was re john lewis advert come about? it was pretty random- _ john lewis advert come about? it was pretty random- i— john lewis advert come about? it was pretty random- i got _ john lewis advert come about? it was pretty random. i got asked _ john lewis advert come about? it was pretty random. i got asked to - john lewis advert come about? it was pretty random. i got asked to do - john lewis advert come about? it "wes pretty random. i got asked to do it and there were a lot of people wanting to do it as well and it was a real experience, the whole process of recording it and they asked me to do together in electric dreams and i said of course and they chose me, that was insane. did you know that track because i remember the original and you are probably too young to? i know the track and i know the human league. i love the song it is an incredible song and i was really pleased. i tried to make it my own as much as possible. you really have- — it my own as much as possible. you really have. did _ it my own as much as possible. you really have. did you come up of the —— come up with the arrangement? i had a big say in that. i originally did a different version which was very similar. i know with the past john lewis adverts they are all quite in that vein of being quite emotive and i wanted to create something around that feeling. i read an interview where you said when you are young you did not have a particularly amazing voice, so what work have you done to get the now where you have an amazing voice by the age of 21? 50. now where you have an amazing voice by the age of 21?— by the age of 21? so, obviously i did a lot of _ by the age of 21? so, obviously i did a lot of vocal _ by the age of 21? so, obviously i did a lot of vocal training, - by the age of 21? so, obviously i did a lot of vocal training, i - by the age of 21? so, obviously i did a lot of vocal training, i had l by the age of 21? so, obviously i | did a lot of vocal training, i had a vocal coach and i had a cyst on my vocal coach and i had a cyst on my vocal cords about a year and a half ago, so i had to get that cut off grow. ago, so i had to get that cut off crow. ., ., ago, so i had to get that cut off crow. . ., ., , grow. hang on, that is quite dramatic- — grow. hang on, that is quite dramatic. presumably - grow. hang on, that is quite dramatic. presumably you i grow. hang on, that is quite i dramatic. presumably you were thinking, this could wreck the rest of my career!— thinking, this could wreck the rest of my career! definitely. i made the decision, i could _ of my career! definitely. i made the decision, i could not _ of my career! definitely. i made the decision, i could not reach - of my career! definitely. i made the decision, i could not reach certain i decision, i could not reach certain notes, the vocal range was very limited at that time when i developed the cyst, so i got that removed and obviously my voice is still temperamental, but it is better than it was.— still temperamental, but it is better than it was. you went to the brit school, _ better than it was. you went to the brit school, what _ better than it was. you went to the brit school, what kind _ better than it was. you went to the brit school, what kind of— better than it was. you went to the brit school, what kind of work- better than it was. you went to the brit school, what kind of work do i brit school, what kind of work do you do there?— you do there? there is a lot of, sinrain , you do there? there is a lot of, singing, dancing, _ you do there? there is a lot of, singing, dancing, a _ you do there? there is a lot of, singing, dancing, a lot- you do there? there is a lot of, singing, dancing, a lot of- you do there? there is a lot of, l singing, dancing, a lot of people say it is like fame, it is not like that. there were some people getting up that. there were some people getting up and dancing on the tables, but it was not too intense. we still have to do regular lessons and subjects, it was a really nice experience, i made incredible friends and learned quite a bit. made incredible friends and learned uuite a bit. ~ . . made incredible friends and learned uuite a bit. ~ ., ., quite a bit. what are your ambitions, _ quite a bit. what are your ambitions, what - quite a bit. what are your ambitions, what are - quite a bit. what are your ambitions, what are your| quite a bit. what are your- ambitions, what are your dreams? quite a bit. what are your— ambitions, what are your dreams? at ambitions, what are your dreams? git the moment, ithink, i have a lot ambitions, what are your dreams? git the moment, i think, i have a lot of dreams and ambitions. i would love to be able to tour the world with my music and sell out massive arenas and shows, but i think my main goal in this, i think everyone has those marks in which they think, but my main one isjust marks in which they think, but my main one is just you have a marks in which they think, but my main one isjust you have a career within this, which i already am kind of sustaining, but also to have and change peoples lives with music. hopefully i am able to do that with mine. . g hopefully i am able to do that with mine. ., ~' ,, hopefully i am able to do that with mine. ., ,, i. ., hopefully i am able to do that with mine. ., ,, ., ., ~ hopefully i am able to do that with mine. ., ~' i., ., ., ~' ., hopefully i am able to do that with mine. ., ,, ., ., ~ ., , mine. thank you for talking to us. good luck- — mine. thank you for talking to us. good luck. congratulations - mine. thank you for talking to us. good luck. congratulations for - mine. thank you for talking to us. i good luck. congratulations for being on the long list. the best of luck and happy christmas!— and happy christmas! happy christmas. _ the ten acts, which include the likes of baby queen, central cee, enny and lola young who have appeared on sound of are all hand—picked by a panel of 133 impartial music industry experts from around the world. the winner will be announced injanuary on bbc news and bbc radio1. the headlines on bbc news... a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — a crackdown on criminal gangs, and a warning to recreational users that they could lose their passports or driving licences. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest — the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments �*concealed' the extent of risks to building safety. yorkshire cricket club have appointed the former england fast bowler, darren gough as its new managing director of cricket. gough, who spent the majority of his career at the county side said he wanted to help rebuild the club, and to ensure that everyone associated with it feels welcome. it's after aracism scandal involving its former player azeem rafiq. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia has spoken for the first time about the ordeal. 18—year—old amelie osborn—smith, from hampshire, was white—water rafting when the crocodile clamped onto her leg. louisa pilbeam has the story. amelie osborn—smith was on a gap year trip of a lifetime in zambia. but in the waters near victoria falls, the 18—year—old was attacked by a crocodile. she suffered such serious injuries to her leg, she feared she'd never walk again. when the accident happened, i fully accepted the fact that i was going to lose my foot. and i accepted that, and i said to all of my friends, it's fine, i've lost my foot, i'm still alive. and then i was told that my foot is going to be fine and i would get to walk again which is, it's such a relief. the accident happened on the zambezi river while amelie was white water rafting with a group. she was airlifted 214 miles to the capital lusaka where surgeons performed a life—saving operation and saved her leg. people say, like, you see your life flash before your eyes but you don't. you just think, how do i get out of this situation? and your brain just goes into overdrive and you think how to get out. but i was just very, very lucky. her condition was so severe, her grandmother was allowed by her bedside despite covid restrictions. i was so grateful that i was allowed to stay here with her. because she had these continuous flashbacks, and terrible dreams. amelie is expected back in the uk to be transferred to a hospital for more treatment. the student says the ordeal has made her more determined to return to zambia. i think, especially now, i've just seen that your life can be over so quickly. so if you're going to live thinking, it sounds so cliched but if you're going to live thinking "i'm going to regret everything," you're never going to have a fulfilled life. so ijust think, just do it while you can. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. if you live in wales, then the welsh government is planning to give you a free tree to plant to help tackle climate change. you'll have a choice of native species to plant in yr gardens or have added to woodland on your behalf. the scheme will cost around two million pounds and aims to plant around 1.3 million trees. our wales correspondent hywel griffiths reports. from these young seedlings, one day, entire forests may grow. the welsh government says it wants to see 86 million trees planted across wales by the end of the decade to capture carbon and combat climate change. that's why next year it will offer over a million native trees for free — either to be added to a woodland like this or for people to plant themselves at home. but at the cost of £2 million to the taxpayer, how likely is it that they'll survive and thrive? trees are tough, actually. you've got to treat them pretty badly to kill a tree. you know, just a bit of tender loving care and it will be fine. bit of space and plenty of water. to reach 86 million, many, many more will need to be planted. a national forest stretching across wales is planned. a similar scheme is happening in the midlands. but planting to capture carbon is the subject of scientific debate. it depends on the type of tree and its location. stopping deforestation is, for some, a bigger priority, as well as cutting emissions. whether wales's big tree giveaway can have a meaningful impact won't be clear for at least a generation. but ministers say it's a worthwhile investment in the nation's future. hywel griffith, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood... hello again. some of us are going to see some snow in the forecast, not just today, but also tomorrow. today, it is going to be cold across the board, windy wherever you are. we have got a weather front that has been moving from the west towards the east, through the course of this morning, and it has been bringing some rain with it and also some snow. that is temporarily across the pennines and parts of scotland. as it continues to move east, behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers. some of the showers are blustery, heavy with some hail and it still wintry across the far north—west of scotland, but a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, the rain lingering across parts of cambridgeshire, east anglia and down towards kent. now, it is going to be cold across the board, we are looking at highs of between 5— eight degrees, maybe even into double figures across the far south—west and channel islands. through this evening, we say goodbye to the rain, the showers slowly start to fade for most, but continue across the north and the west where they will still be wintry. there will be a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated services and by the end of the night, the first signs of storm barra will be coming in across parts of ireland, so named by the irish met service, because the most impact from the storm are likely to be felt across ireland. but tomorrow, storm barra will cross our shores, taking some snow, also some rain and strong winds, gusts widely 50mph,16— 17 near exposed coasts and also don't forget, there is snow across scotland and the north of england, so disruption is quite possible. so we start off with some bright skies, in central and eastern areas as storm barra crosses northern ireland into western parts of england, wales and scotland, we will have some heavy rain, snow, 2— five centimetres possible across parts of the north of england, the southern uplands and the highlands, but on higher ground, in scotland we could see up to ten centimetres. add on the wind, which will likely have some drifting and also some blizzards. as we head on from tuesday into wednesday, the centre of the low of the storm moves across us. it slowly weakens a little bit, but having said that, on wednesday we are still looking at some showers or some rain, some snow predominantly on higher ground and still windy with gales of exposure across parts of the southwest. once again, wherever you are, it is going to feel cold, with temperatures between five and nine degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines... a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments' lack of openness should be regarded as "one of the major scandals of our time." governments' response on realising the extent of the problem was to react by concealment instead of candour. if you take take drugs at the weekend — so—called �*recreational�* drug users — you could have your passport and driving licence confiscated, as part of a government plan to reduce drug use in england and wales. we are putting a lot more investment, number one, into tackling the 300,000 problem drug users who drive about half of acquisitive crime and half of the homicides in this country. the question for the government is not just over the plans today but the money they have taken out of the system, millions of pounds taken out of the system over the years and that has caused a lot of the problems. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest, the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. one of the creators of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine urges the world to invest more to prepare forfuture pandemics — saying the next one could be even worse. the experts who responded rapidly and worked relentlessly in 2020 and 2021 without whom we would still be at the mercy of the virus must not now be asked to fade back into patient and underfunded obscurity. also coming up... a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia speaks for the first time about her ordeal. a new stage of the grenfell inquiry is under way this morning, and will look at the question of how flammable cladding came to be used in an industry that appeared to be as highly regulated as construction. in 2017, 72 people were killed when the tower block in west london caught fire, which rapidly engulfed the whole building. earlier, our home affairs correspondent tom symonds told me more about the final phase of the inquiry. five months of hearings looking at what governments knew and what they did with the risks that as you can see from grenfell clearly existed. we have heard opening statements this morning. one from richard millick qc who is the inquiry�*s on barrister and he has been quite robust during this whole process in making sure the various organisations that are giving evidence to the inquiry being honest with him and this is what he had to say. this inquiry is not a game of cat and mouse, where core participants might hope that their witnesses will smuggle something past counsel to the inquiry or that the counsel to the inquiry might miss a trick. these core participants and their witnesses know, or ought to know, what is in the documents. it is in the interests of the inquiry's work, and so in the public interest, that these bodies fully embrace their obligations of candour and openness and face up to the stark realities that they reveal. what he is saying there is if you have done something wrong we need to hear you say that. also we have just heard from stephanie barwise qc, for of one of the largest groups of victims of the fire, and she's setting out at the moment the long history of what governments knew about the risks of fire safety, the problems with building regulations in england and wales, and what they did about them. but she opened her statement with these words. the grenfell disaster- is a predictable yet unintended consequence of the combination of the laudable desire _ to reduce carbon emissions, - coupled with an unbridled passion for deregulation, in particular, the desire to deregulate - and boost the housing - and construction industry. government's dependency on that i industry resulted in the government becoming the junior partner in the relationship, - thereby permitting industry's i exploitation of the regulations. government's response on realising the extent of the problem _ was to react by concealment, instead of candour. _ the result is a prolonged periodj of concealment by government, which should properly be regarded as one of the major— scandals of our time. just to pick up some of the themes she raises there which really encompasses everything, a deregulation of the industry in the building industry, possibly what she called a laudable desire to reduce carbon emissions. a lot of the cladding put on buildings like grenfell was put there to make those buildings warmer and reduce their carbon emissions. a good thing to do but if you are deregulating the industry she is saying that is a problem. as she said the government knowing what was going wrong but concealing it. those are the allegations the government and other public bodies will face over the next five months. let's talk to nathalie carter. give me the reaction to these comments about potentially governments over decades concealing this. it is incredibly — decades concealing this. it is incredibly alarming. - decades concealing this. it 3 incredibly alarming. obviously it makes us very angry. we live in a building with grenfell style icm cladding. we found out about this shortly after grenfell. in may of this year we had a majorfire in which the lfa report as we were minutes away from tragedy. people were hospitalised. to this day the people are still traumatised. to know that potentially the government to have known about this for many years and not acted upon it and allowed the developers to build unsafe homes is just incredibly alarming and it does make us very angry indeed. alarming and it does make us very angry indeed-— alarming and it does make us very angry indeed. alarming and it does make us very an: indeed. ~ ., ., , , angry indeed. what happened with the fire earlier this _ angry indeed. what happened with the fire earlier this year? _ angry indeed. what happened with the fire earlier this year? in _ angry indeed. what happened with the fire earlier this year? in the _ fire earlier this year? in the morning — fire earlier this year? in the morning at _ fire earlier this year? in the morning at around - fire earlier this year? in the morning at around quarter. fire earlier this year? in the l morning at around quarter to fire earlier this year? in the - morning at around quarter to nine, i think it has been traced to a faulty few spots, a fire broke out in block d. we have no audible alarm, they couldn't get above the eighth floor. the way we found out about it was through a residence whatsapp group when messages were coming through saying get out of the building. the fire spread through the flat very quickly add to the outside of the building where obviously we have icm cladding and timber balconies. it spread very quickly up three floors. there were people trapped in the building for up to 40 minutes. the full thing was a really terrifying experience. for children and the people impacted directly by the fire still traumatised by it today and there are children here who can sleep through the night and can't be alone any time that a fire alarm goes off, they run out of the room screaming. to think this has been allowed to happen, how close we were, how the fire happened even just a few hours earlier when we were asleep, it would have been a very different story stuff like how many floors in your tower? 16 floors. we are over the 18 metre threshold, so we do qualify for government funding for remediation. according to the management company cladding played no part in that fire that broke out. i cladding played no part in that fire that broke out.— that broke out. i am sure that's a very convenient _ that broke out. i am sure that's a very convenient position - that broke out. i am sure that's a very convenient position to - that broke out. i am sure that's a very convenient position to take. | that broke out. i am sure that's a i very convenient position to take. it seems strange that if you have highly probably, pull on the outside of the building and the outside of the building catches on fire and rapidly spreads up three floors that cladding fight in a row. it is true to say the fire started on the inside of the building, in a fuse box which i believe the lfa have produced a detailed report on and considering whether or not does need to be retrospectively removed, we have certainly had them removed from the whole of our building and had to replace him with metal casing fuse boxes to avoid that being a fault in future. ~ . ., ,., ., , future. michael gove, cabinet minister and _ future. michael gove, cabinet minister and a _ future. michael gove, cabinet minister and a member- future. michael gove, cabinet minister and a member of- future. michael gove, cabinet. minister and a member of boris johnson's top team, it seems to have been making some pretty positive supportive comments to people like yourself recently, doesn't he? find yourself recently, doesn't he? and it is yourself recently, doesn't he? iric it is encouraging. i yourself recently, doesn't he? giic it is encouraging. i will yourself recently, doesn't he? 3'ic it is encouraging. i will say yourself recently, doesn't he? 3�*ic it is encouraging. i will say that it is encouraging. i will say that it is encouraging. i will say that it is encouraging. i think he recently announced he is considering an extra billion, it is still only a fraction of what the overall cost is going to be commit and i have to say the government are still charging 20% vat on this so to add insult to injury not only are leaseholders having to pay for the remediation of buildings but they get slapped with a 20% vat tax on it as well, he has certainly made no mention of that, so we would certainly want vat removed from the bills going forward. i think also they need to reconsider an arbitrary 18 metres. we are very fortunate, we are over 18 metres so we qualify for government funding but i am part of a number of action groups and many people are in buildings under 18 metres and getting huge financially crippling bills. we also, a lot of people are suffering with the interim cuts, the waking watch that has been enforced, before even the cladding remediation costs, and we are already paying for that, paying for insurance alarm systems to be installed. we had no audible alarms, so in no way of knowing that we had to evacuate the building, so whilst a stated policy has been revoked for buildings in danger, there is no way, how would the waking watch get around 16 floors across a large building in time to get people out? so yes, it is encouraging he is saying some more positive words, but we need a lot more action a lot quicker and we can't help but feel some of this might be a deflection from the government's involvement in this. if they did in fact now before grenfell, if it transpires that testing done 15 years before grenfell, the government was aware of, they need to do a lot more than put a little bit more money in the pot. put a little bit more money in the ot. . g put a little bit more money in the ot. . ~' , ., put a little bit more money in the ot. ., ,, i. ., put a little bit more money in the -ot. ., ~ ., ., ~ ., , the home office will today publish a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — promising to deal further with criminal gangs, and also warning that recreational users could lose their passports or driving licences. 2,000 county lines gangs will be dismantled, according to a pledge by ministers. official say there will be the largest ever single investment in treating and rehabilitating addicts, particularly in some of the most deprived areas that have the highest rates of drug—related crime. the prime minister said the government will look at taking away the passports and driving licences of "lifestyle" drug users. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. drug misuse is one of the most hard to fix issues faced by government. close to a million people are thought to use cocaine in england and wales each year. in england alone, a quarter of a million people are long—term users of heroin and 180,000 use crack cocaine. many people use both. the new drug strategy will try to get the estimated 300,000 addicts in england and wales into better treatment, in the hopes of improving their lives and reducing crime. the strategy is disappointing, i think, from our point of view. it focuses far too much on what we already have, which is criminalising people who come into contact with drugs, and until we start seeing the drug problem as a health issue rather than a criminal issue, i don't think much is going to change. two thirds of all shoplifting, more than half of all burglary, and more than a quarter of all robberies in england and wales are thought to be drug related. ministers are also keen to emphasise a further crackdown on what are known as county lines gangs, which sell drugs into smaller towns and bring problems of violence and exploitation of vulnerable people with them. as part of the push to tackle demand, the prime minister has talked about punishing people who use drugs at nightclubs and dinner parties by taking away their passports and driving licences. daniel sandford, bbc news, westminster. here's the prime minister borisjohnson. what is new is that we are putting a lot more investment, number one, into tackling the 300,000 problem drugs users who drive more than half of the acquisitive crime and half of the homicides in this country. crime has been coming down overall in the last couple of years but we are seeing a lot of problems caused by these 300,000 problem drug users and what we are doing is ramping up our campaign against the county lines networks that are preying on these users. you've got to invest in rehabilitation, everybody who knows about drugs trials, 300,000 people, their lives are chaotic and they need to be taken off drugs, put into rehab, but you've also got to come down hard on the gangsters who are making hell of people's lives. we want everyone to be able to grow up in safer streets, everybody to have the right to have a safe community to grow up in. the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, said drug problems in the uk had got worse during the conservatives' time in government. we need to look at the plans in detail when we see them in detail. but there is no doubt that the drug problem has got a lot worse in the last 10 years, particularly issues like drug—related deaths and the county lines, which are destroying lives. and the question for the government is not just about the plans today, but the money they have taken out of the system, millions and millions of pounds has been taken out of the system over the years, and that has caused a lot of the problems. so i want to see the plans, i want to see the strategy. i want the prime minister to take responsibility for the money that's been taken out of criminaljustice in the last 10 years that's caused many of these problems. allyson macvean used to work in the serious and organised crime directorate at the home office. she's now professor of policing and criminology at bath spa university. good morning. do you agree with keir starmer? it is good morning. do you agree with keir starmer? , ., g, , good morning. do you agree with keir starmer? , ., ., , , starmer? it is a really complex problem- _ starmer? it is a really complex problem- at — starmer? it is a really complex problem. at one _ starmer? it is a really complex problem. at one end _ starmer? it is a really complex problem. at one end you - starmer? it is a really complex problem. at one end you have | starmer? it is a really complex - problem. at one end you have some very chaotic users and chaotic lifestyles. at the other you have some very serious organised commonality. internet feeds a whole set of networks. so you push down one area and something else pops up. this isn't something that will be fixed overnight. absolutely the details in the strategy. but what i do like about this as it is very much a holistic approach and i think for the first time they are going to tackle the middle class market which i think has driven particularly since covid the increase in demand for drugs stuff like that is interesting. we had a guest on earlierfrom interesting. we had a guest on earlier from— interesting. we had a guest on earlier fro ., . ., , ., , earlier from from the charity has eo - le earlier from from the charity has people fracture _ earlier from from the charity has people fracture cycle _ earlier from from the charity has people fracture cycle of - earlier from from the charity has | people fracture cycle of addiction and crime as he said he thought it was extraordinarily hypocritical considering some names of the cabinet have admitted to taking cocaine. it cabinet have admitted to taking cocaine. , , .,, cabinet have admitted to taking cocaine. , , ., cocaine. it is pervasive across all areas of society. _ cocaine. it is pervasive across all areas of society. our _ cocaine. it is pervasive across all areas of society. our area - cocaine. it is pervasive across all areas of society. our area is - areas of society. our area is excluded and that will include government ministers as much as it does with industries in which you live. i think that is why this new approach around users that are middle—class, lifestyle users approach, acting as a deterrent and the threat, take away their passport and driving licence, i think it is probably quite an innovative one because what they need to do stem that demand which will flow down into the more chaotic side of people who are using at the county lines. as much as stemming the organised commonality element of it as well. we are told that when the full announcement is made actually most of the money is going on treatment for people who are addicted to drugs. what do you think of that? it has to be the way. addiction needs treatment, rehabilitation treatment, and that has been going on for many years now, so there is a really good evidence—based practice affect. you have to stop a number of different fruits and that is another one. you cannot expect people who have these addictions to suddenly stop using overnight. addictions to suddenly stop using overniaht. . g addictions to suddenly stop using overniaht. ., ~ , ., addictions to suddenly stop using overniaht. . ~' ,, ., addictions to suddenly stop using overniaht. . ~' ., ., ~ addictions to suddenly stop using overniaht. . g ., ., ~ ., overnight. thank you for talking to us. time for the sport. darren gough has been appointed as the interim managing director of yorkshire county cricket club. the former england fast bowler replaces martyn moxon, who was one of 16 people to leave the club last week after the former player, azeem rafiq, was found to be a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at yorkshire. gough spent 15 years at the county over two spells and will be in the position until the end of the 2022 season. it's not been an easy build up to this ashes series for either england or australia with controversy, quarantine and bad weather affecting both sides. australia have named their starting xi for the first test which begins in brisbane at midnight on wednesday but england's captain joe root still has a few key decisions to make, not least whether to start with ben stokes who has been away from competitive cricket since july — he took a break to prioritise his mental health while recovering from a finger injury. in terms of ben he has done everything he can to get himself into the best physical shape possible and so have the rest of the bowlers, whether that has been through trying to simulate things and get workloads in different ways, walking around brisbane, playing a full day in the field, it is a unique set of circumstances. we need to try and make the best of what we have. in that respect both teams are in the same boat and we have had very similar build—ups. all you can do is throw everything into the game and make sure you give a really good account of yourself. and we've had confirmation that the final ashes test in perth will be moved, due to coronavirus restrictions in western australia. no replacement venue has been named as yet but melbourne is standing by. officials in tasmania are lobbying to take an ashes test to hobart for the first time. chelsea women's manager emma hayes has praised fran kirby and sam kerr after their goals won them the fa cup. they beat arsenal 3—0 to win the delayed final, in front of over 40,000 fans at wembley. hayes said kirby played her best game in a chelsea shirt. the england forward scored afterjust three minutes and her partnership with kerr this season has been outstanding — the pair are the top—scorers in the women's super league. kerr's second goal at wembley was a fantastic finish. hayes said she had no doubt she was the best striker in the world. the win wrapped up a first domestic treble for chelsea. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on the next stage of the grenfell tower inquiry — a barristerfor victims of the grenfell tower fire has told the public inquiry into the disaster that governments concealed the extent of risks to building safety, leading to one of the "major scandals of our time". kean silvester helped set up a residents scheme after his housing development in brighton failed post—grenfell fire safety checks. thank you for talking to us. how do you react to what this pastor has said today because of details on the particular subject, said today because of details on the particularsubject, it said today because of details on the particular subject, it is my thoughts that the deregulation of the building control carer thoughts that the deregulation of the building control over successive governments _ the building control over successive governments has _ the building control over successive governments has a _ the building control over successive governments has a lot _ the building control over successive governments has a lot to _ the building control over successive governments has a lot to do - the building control over successive governments has a lot to do with i governments has a lot to do with problems found in blocks in the uk. the nhbc has improved inspections, year 2000 conversion of the building regulations. a lot of the failure is found in our blocks seems to me to have not complied with the building regulations at the time of construction. the nhbc, i have been in conversation with them. they say they are not responsible to ensure compliance, which is confusing. i thought as an improved inspector doubt whether to ensure compliance with building regulations that they deny that now. i find it all a with building regulations that they deny that now. ifind it all a bit confusing and i think it is caused by the deregulation of building control. a place that definitely has to be related in my opinion. ilitut’hat control. a place that definitely has to be related in my opinion. what is the situation _ to be related in my opinion. what is the situation with _ to be related in my opinion. what is the situation with your _ to be related in my opinion. what is the situation with your where - to be related in my opinion. what is the situation with your where you i the situation with your where you live? ~ ., ., t the situation with your where you live? ., ., m ,, . .,, the situation with your where you live? ., ., m ,, . ., live? we had our ews1 inspections a ear auo, live? we had our ews1 inspections a year ago. 500 _ live? we had our ews1 inspections a year ago, 500 blocks, _ live? we had our ews1 inspections a year ago, 500 blocks, 200 - live? we had our ews1 inspections a year ago, 500 blocks, 200 or- live? we had our ews1 inspections a year ago, 500 blocks, 200 or so - year ago, 500 blocks, 200 or so flats. all five failed thief test at the worst grade, b2, both types of cutting system have combustible insulation and one wearing part of the report says poor build quality. it is notjust what the report says poor build quality. it is not just what they're the report says poor build quality. it is notjust what they're made of, it has kingspan insulation which is combustible but also the way it was constructed. no fire breaks. fire breaks are meant to prevent fire from spreading from floor to floor, apartment to apartment. that is part of the building regulations at the time of construction. it is worrying. the situation we are at is one of the blocks is above 18 metres, waiting for the building safety fund application to go through, that has been going on for nearly a year with no progress. hope nearly a year with no progress. how lona ? nearly a year with no progress. how long? nearly _ nearly a year with no progress. how long? nearly a _ nearly a year with no progress. how long? nearly a year. _ nearly a year with no progress. how long? nearly a year. the _ nearly a year with no progress. how| long? nearly a year. the application was started — long? nearly a year. the application was started ten _ long? nearly a year. the application was started ten months _ long? nearly a year. the application was started ten months ago - long? nearly a year. the application was started ten months ago and - long? nearly a year. the application| was started ten months ago and they still have not secured the funding. it is only one block. one block up to five is above 18 metres, therefore supposedly qualifies stop what they qualify for the government funding to replace the cladding. in the meantime are funding to replace the cladding. in the meantime— the meantime are you in a shorter black? and _ the meantime are you in a shorter black? and you — the meantime are you in a shorter black? and you still— the meantime are you in a shorter black? and you still have - the meantime are you in a shorter black? and you still have the - black? and you still have the cladding and the insulation? how do you sleep at night?— you sleep at night? there are two sides to it- _ you sleep at night? there are two sides to it. there _ you sleep at night? there are two sides to it. there is _ you sleep at night? there are two sides to it. there is the _ you sleep at night? there are two sides to it. there is the worrying l sides to it. there is the worrying about the actual safety, obviously the more important part, worrying to a lot of residents, i have spoken to a lot of residents, i have spoken to a lot of people in this department who are very anxious about that. then there is the financial and future site of living and not being able to sell a block. personally i am worried about the safety, but not as wide as some people, but some of our residents are extremely anxious about it. . g our residents are extremely anxious about it. ., ,, , ., our residents are extremely anxious about it. ., ,, i. ., our residents are extremely anxious about it. ., ,, ., ., ~ about it. thank you for talking to us. nigeria has become the latest country to be added to the uk's red travel list. ten other african countries were added to the list last week following concerns about the emergence of the omicron variant. the british government says the decision is temporary and will be reviewed in three weeks. nigeria's high commissioner to the uk, ambassador sarafa isola, warned there were many nigerians who were now unable to get back to britain. talking of people who are travelling down here. a lot of people have gone home, doctors, nurses, working in the uk, providing health services to the nhs and when they come back, you can imagine the effect. and in addition, you are talking of the anger of 200—million people. since i resumed duty here, i am committed to deepening relationships between nigeria and the united kingdom and of course, this decision is going to hamper that and that's why i am not particularly happy about it. one of the scientists responsible for developing the astrazeneca vaccine has warned that future pandemics could prove to be even more lethal than covid — unless more money is spent on preparations for dealing with them. dame sarah gilbert said that extra funding was needed to ensure the advances gained over the last two years were not lost. she also warned that current vaccines may not be as effective against the new omicron variant. the truth is the next one could be worse. it could be more contagious or more lethal or both. we cannot allow a situation where we have gone through all we have gone through and then find that the enormous economic losses we have sustained meant there is still no funding for pandemic preparedness. the advances we have made in the knowledge we have gained must not be lost. the experts who responded rapidly and worked relentlessly in 2020 and 2021 without whom we would still be at the mercy of the virus must not now be asked to fade back into patient and underfunded obscurity. meanwhile — a number of european countries are now seeing increasing numbers of cases of the omicron variant. dr viola priesemann is a physicist at the max planck institute in germany. she warned that the new variant could further the strain on healthcare systems. the omicron shows again that it is not possible to fight covid as a single country, we need european coordination and obviously we have to look into the entire pandemic in the world. i think one of the common aspects we regularly see in countries that are closing borders, they are trying to slow down the spread of omicron, but if not all countries in europe jointly, then omicron sets foothold in one country, we will find it very, very soon in the other countries as well. 0k. so, what would you suggest? what we suggest is first of all to co—ordinate and find a common goal, whatever that is, that is a political decision. obviously slowing down omicron, as long as we don't know much about its lethality, is extremely important. doing that coordinated across all european countries is an important part of the travel and commute. the second point that one should consider is in case the vaccination is not as protective as it has been for the past variants, then low case numbers really have a clear advantage, because low numbers of omicron buys us time until we have a novel vaccination developed. we did have optimism from the researchers last week who were looking at the booster jabs, certainly here in the uk, these were british scientists at southampton university, who suggested that the boosterjabs were incredibly effective and that gave them optimism for the omicron variant. these are very promising results, however we really have to look into the details of the coming ten days about, so if that helps, it will definitely help now. in germany, we have a very high rate of boosterjabs at the moment, so that would be perfect timing to also prepare for omicron and prevent the severe course of omicron. there is still the vaccination gap, there are people who have either not yet been vaccinated or infected, and they might have little protection, then if the cases skyrocket among that population, it might still put the health system under stress. now it's time for a look at the weather, let's cross the newsroom to matt taylor. good afternoon. it won't be quite as bad as storm arwen for many but storm barra will have an impact on parts of the uk tomorrow and wednesday. before it arrives there were some heavy rain sweeping eastwards so far. still clinging on to eastern parts through this afternoon. eventually easing. sunshine and showers for many to see the afternoon is free. the showers to the north and west will be heavy with sleet and snow and some hill but it will be a cold evening commute and a cold night to come tonight. showers for a time. as they fed temperatures will plummet. they could of ice into the morning with temperatures at or below freezing for tomorrow morning. then the first signs of storm barra bringing some heavy rain towards ireland. through the morning and parts of wales and south—west england may be a bit of sleet and snow and, strengthening winds, 70 or 80 mass per hour around our seekers. winds, 70 or 80 mass per hour around ourseekers. sunny winds, 70 or 80 mass per hour around our seekers. sunny start ligand and the ring and ringo's east, turning readily to snow over the head of the pennines is in scotland, could be some bitter condition into the evening rush hour. widespread girls elsewhere and strong winds remain for some intimacy. more details later. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments �*concealed' the extent of risks to building safety... a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales will be published by the government — they are promising further disruption of criminal gangs, and a warning to recreational users that they could lose their passports or driving licences. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest — the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. one of the creators of the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine urges the world to invest more to prepare forfuture pandemics — saying the next one could be even worse. nigeria moves onto the uk's red list for travel, meaning anybody arriving from the country must isolate in an approved hotel for ten days. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia says she's very very lucky and that she can see how life can be over very quickly... and coming up — if you live in wales, your houshold is going to get a free tree to try to help to tackle carbon emissions. the former leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi — who was ousted from power in a military coup earlier this year — has been sentenced to four years in prison. a spokesman for the military—backed government said she was found guilty of inciting unrest and violating covid restrictions during last year's election campaign. it's the first in a series of verdicts she's facing that could see her be sent to prison for the rest of her life. our correspondent in thailand, jonathan head, says we don't know a great deal about the sentencing because it was held behind closed doors. she has not actually been seen in public since she was detained in the very first hours of the coup in february. we haven't heard very much about the proceedings, the lawyers have limited access to her, they are actually barred by the military from even talking about the court proceedings. all we do know is that she was found guilty on the first count of violating covid restrictions, apparently because an event where she waved at supporters while she was actually wearing a face mask and a face shield during last year's election campaign. the other case involves a statement that was put out by her party, the national league for democracy, right after the coup, calling on people to oppose it, she did not put her name to that statement and she was already incommunicado. she had already been detained. the judge decided she must bear responsibility for it. she was given two years on each count of a maximum of three years on these charges. i think to be honest, all the charges that have been piled up against ranging from one, in relation to walkie—talkies found in her house, used by her security guards, others far more serious involving breaking the official secrets act, the details hardly matter. the court process is so un— transparent and so widely condemned, so manifestly in violation of normal judicial procedures that everyone sees this as a political device. this is just the first verdict in what is expected to be a whole rolling series of verdicts that could put her in prison for more than 100 years. research carried out by bbc five live has found that there are huge variations in the time off from work which is offered to people who suffer miscarriages. 52 businesses were asked about their policy for employees who have miscarriages before the 24th week of pregnancy. only seven had a specific "miscarriage leave" policy. ten others said it would fall under bereavement leave. many said any leave granted would be put down as sick leave or compassionate leave. campaigners say this can leave people unclear about where they stand. earlier i spoke to anna and john malnutt. anna had three miscarriages in 2018. we decided that it was time for us to start trying for a baby, so we got pregnant, we were really fortunate, we got pregnant quite quickly, but at six weeks i started miscarrying that baby. and it was very natural, at home, just happened, it was obviously heartbreaking and horrible, but we know that miscarriage is quite common although it is not spoken about much. one in four women go through it, so we kind of put it down to experience and said, ok, it happens, a lot of people have one, we have had one now, so it will be ok next time and then we got pregnant again, a few months later a few months later that onewas very quick, so about five weeks i started bleeding again and sadly we lost that one, too. and then we went on to get pregnant again in the august and we went for a scan, because i had a little bit of pain, but i wasn't really worried, i was just kind of anxious after the last couple, so we went for an early scan. we were really fortunate that the nhs did that for us and they said, oh, you have got a six week foetus in there with a healthy heart beat, so as far as we are concerned, everything is good and i said, well i am eight weeks pregnant, not six weeks, so that is not good. and they brought us back for another scan a week later and said that the baby's heart had stopped beating and unfortunately that pregnancy was not going to work out. they then gave us a choice of waiting for it to happen, having some drugs to make it happen or having surgery, so we went home to wait for it to happen, but it sort of got today three and we were like, we cannot keep waiting for this. i went in for the surgery. on the wednesday and then on the monday, i was back at work as normal, really. i mean, god, what you have been through and then going back to work on the monday, what was the issue with returning to work? i will ask you, anna, first and thenjohn, i will ask you as well. it was difficult, because i had gone in for the first scan on a weekend. i went back to work on the monday, having had the scan, knowing that everything probably was not going to be all right and i got to work, and i thought, i cannot do this, i need to go home. i had a week off and had the second scan and obviously did not go back to work. that was until the surgery and i thought, i have had a week and a half off before, before i have had this miscarriage, so it feels unfair to stay off, so i felt like i needed to go back, because i did not feel like it was fair. yeah, you felt guilty. yeah, absolutely. there was no issue from my employer at all. they were really supportive, but i did not feel like it was fair on them for me to keep staying at home. i felt like i was sort of wasting their time, really. and what about you, john? yeah, so that last miscarriage, i had just started a new role and on the day that anna went in for the surgery, i had a fairly important meeting that i was meant to be going to. and it is all those expectations around — and it is all those expectations around meeting new people, not necessarily knowing them that well and not _ necessarily knowing them that well and not wanting to share what was going _ and not wanting to share what was going on— and not wanting to share what was going on and sometimes i think for the partners, it feels like, for me it felt— the partners, it feels like, for me it felt like — the partners, it feels like, for me it felt like it — the partners, it feels like, for me it felt like it was anna who was going _ it felt like it was anna who was going through it and she needed the time off— going through it and she needed the time off and i had to keep going, but obviously there is the need to grieve _ but obviously there is the need to grieve ourselves and even though it is not _ grieve ourselves and even though it is not something that is happening to you. _ is not something that is happening to you. you — is not something that is happening to you, you still need to grieve for it and _ to you, you still need to grieve for it and be _ to you, you still need to grieve for it and be there to support anna atter— it and be there to support anna after her— it and be there to support anna after her surgery.— after her surgery. absolutely, i wonder do _ after her surgery. absolutely, i wonder do you _ after her surgery. absolutely, i wonder do you think— after her surgery. absolutely, i wonder do you think it - after her surgery. absolutely, i wonder do you think it is - after her surgery. absolutely, i wonder do you think it is a - after her surgery. absolutely, i | wonder do you think it is a good idea for employers to have a specific miscarriage policy, rather thanit specific miscarriage policy, rather than it falling under bereavement or sick leave or compassionate leave? absolutely, i think it is essential. we did not know what to do, there were no policies or procedures and were no policies or procedures and we did not know how to handle it. john did not find out about it until much later, they certainly cannot be held to account, we did not tell his employer. if there had been a policy there that said this is what you do, we would have been able to say, write ok, now we know what to do, so let us carry on and do that, but because there was nothing to tell us, it is that permission almost to take that time to yourself, for so many women, i was fortunate that i was almost had the self—awareness to say i cannot go to work, but so many womenjust go through say i cannot go to work, but so many women just go through it and go straight into work whilst they are experiencing a miscarriage and mentally and physically, it is horrendous in how people function whilst at work is crazy to me. it is knowin: whilst at work is crazy to me. it is knowing who _ whilst at work is crazy to me. it is knowing who to — whilst at work is crazy to me. it is knowing who to talk to and ask for that time — knowing who to talk to and ask for that time and if you know you have -ot that time and if you know you have got that _ that time and if you know you have got that time there, then you know it is there _ got that time there, then you know it is there and you can take it. and ou're it is there and you can take it. and you're like — it is there and you can take it. and you're like little _ it is there and you can take it. 3.“ic you're like little one has been delightfully behaved, how old and what is the name? it is delightfully behaved, how old and what is the name?— what is the name? it is a liar son he is one — what is the name? it is a liar son he is one and _ what is the name? it is a liar son he is one and a _ what is the name? it is a liar son he is one and a half. _ what is the name? it is a liar son he is one and a half. we - what is the name? it is a liar son he is one and a half. we were i what is the name? it is a liar son i he is one and a half. we were really fortunate with him that when i got pregnant i had moved to a new employer because the pressure of everything i went through without previous employer and going back too soon meant i was really unwell and i had such negative associations with the place and i had to leave the job. it damage relationships because of my behaviour and the grave, i have gone through all those phases of grief and anger and i was not like myself and ijust could not be there any more and when i moved jobs, i will go pregnant with elias, my newjob on the nhs were fantastic. we had extra scans and encouragement and support and reassurance, really and that made a massive difference to us.— reassurance, really and that made a massive difference to us. every household in wales is going to be given a free tree, as part of government plans to tackle climate change. you'll have a choice of native species to plant in your garden, or you can have it added to woodland on your behalf. it'll cost around two million pounds and the aim is to plant around 1.3 million new trees across the country. lee waters from labour is the deputy minister for climate change in the welsh government... most people watching will have done photosynthesis at school in biology at some point and if we can cast our minds back, actually trees are amazing when it comes to capturing carbon through photosynthesis, aren't they?— carbon through photosynthesis, aren't they? carbon through photosynthesis, aren'tthe ? ., ., ., g, aren't they? they are amazing at all sorts of things _ aren't they? they are amazing at all sorts of things and _ aren't they? they are amazing at all sorts of things and part _ aren't they? they are amazing at all sorts of things and part of— aren't they? they are amazing at all sorts of things and part of the - sorts of things and part of the problem is we have lost our connection with nature and to fully understand the value of trees. from the carbon capture point of view, it is a no—brainer, but they have other benefits. there are clear health benefits, if you are around trees, your blood pressure and stress levels lower quickly. is your blood pressure and stress levels lower quickly.— your blood pressure and stress levels lower quickly. is that true? who said? _ levels lower quickly. is that true? who said? there _ levels lower quickly. is that true? who said? there are _ levels lower quickly. is that true? who said? there are lots - levels lower quickly. is that true? who said? there are lots of - levels lower quickly. is that true? who said? there are lots of peer| who said? there are lots of peer review is to _ who said? there are lots of peer review is to show _ who said? there are lots of peer review is to show that, _ who said? there are lots of peer review is to show that, it - who said? there are lots of peer review is to show that, it is - who said? there are lots of peer review is to show that, it is not i who said? there are lots of peerj review is to show that, it is not a contentious point, it is surprising and it is part of my point, we take for granted the benefits that trees bring and we have neglected them. the other benefit is from helping us with flooding, trees will slow down the rate and the water, the more trees we have, it will have an impact on flash flooding. areas with a trace of lower crime rates and there is a biodiversity benefit, as well as a climate emergency, we have a nature emergency and having more biodiversity is a good thing. there are whole range of policy areas and trees provide an answer.— trees provide an answer. there are some that — trees provide an answer. there are some that suggest _ trees provide an answer. there are some that suggest that _ trees provide an answer. there are i some that suggest that tree-planting some that suggest that tree—planting is not as not as fantastic as some make out. do is not as not as fantastic as some make out-— is not as not as fantastic as some make out. ,, , ,, ., ., make out. do you dismiss that? not at all, it is about _ make out. do you dismiss that? not at all, it is about the _ make out. do you dismiss that? not at all, it is about the right _ make out. do you dismiss that? not at all, it is about the right tree - at all, it is about the right tree in the right place. we need to do it in the right place. we need to do it in a considered way and this is why we are doing this in partnership with the woodland trust, they will be giving advice and developing a network of volunteers. the first tree that you get for free is just the beginning, you can get additional trees. the beginning, you can get additionaltrees. but the beginning, you can get additional trees. but doing it in the right way is crucial and different trees work in different places and it is crucial we get this right. if you have not got a garden, the woodland trust will plant a tree on your behalf, but also to meet our targets, we need lots of trees planted on farmland and countryside, thatis planted on farmland and countryside, that is where the big games are going to be made and we also need to look at the public estate. one city council doing an initiative with a have mapped belfast to look at the best tree planting and we want to do that around councils to see what land is available, where the right trees can go and together all these different initiatives will help us get to our target, because the hit 90 x 2050 we need to be planting 5,000 hectares of trees every year wales now. it is a 15 fold increase we need to see quickly. this is a big challenge. we need to see quickly. this is a big challenge-— we need to see quickly. this is a big challenge. there will be some taxa ers big challenge. there will be some taxpayers who — big challenge. there will be some taxpayers who say _ big challenge. there will be some taxpayers who say i _ big challenge. there will be some taxpayers who say i do _ big challenge. there will be some taxpayers who say i do not - big challenge. there will be some taxpayers who say i do not want i big challenge. there will be some| taxpayers who say i do not want to spend £2,000,000 on planting trees, what do you say about why it is pretty vital to hit net zero x 2050? a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. the multiple returns you get, the health alone, if you look at it in health benefit terms, you will get a return on your investment but throughout england, this is a really good development. let but throughout england, this is a really good development. let me ask ou finall , really good development. let me ask you finally. people — really good development. let me ask you finally, people will _ really good development. let me ask you finally, people will be _ really good development. let me ask you finally, people will be able - really good development. let me ask you finally, people will be able to - you finally, people will be able to choose from the native species, so what kind of trees does that mean? i am no tree expert, that is why we have the woodland trust, but there are different options and if you look on the woodland trust website, if you are a school or community group, you can get free tree packs now and there are a change — tackle a range of options. there are a variety of options to best suit for your putting them. i variety of options to best suit for your putting them.— your putting them. i am on the website now— your putting them. i am on the website now and _ your putting them. i am on the website now and looking - your putting them. i am on the website now and looking for i your putting them. i am on the website now and looking for a l your putting them. i am on the i website now and looking for a list of trees and i will find it in a minute. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... a barrister for the victims of the grenfell tower fire tells the public inquiry into the disaster that governments �*concealed' the extent of risks to building safety. a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in england and wales — a crackdown on criminal gangs, and a warning to recreational users that they could lose their passports or driving licences. the former myanmar leader aung san suu kyi — ousted in a military takeover — is sentenced to four years in prison for inciting unrest — the first in a series of verdicts that could see herjailed for the rest of her life. thousands of people in the north east of england are still without heating and hot water this morning — ten days on from the damage to power lines caused by storm arwen. northern powergrid says it hopes to have everyone in its area reconnected by tuesday, but there are concerns about the impact of storm barra, which is due to hit the uk tomorrow. all affected homes in scotland have now been reconnected. the education secretary nadhim zahawi will make a statement to mps this afternoon about his decision to order a national review into the killing of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes. arthur's stepmother emma tustin and his father thomas hughes were jailed last week after being found guilty of causing his death. the pair had beaten and tortured arthur for several months before he died — but social workers had found "no safeguarding concerns". anisa kadri reports. remembering a little boy killed during lockdown by the people who were supposed to take care of him. the vigil over the weekend took place near the house in the west midlands where arthur labinjo—hughes was tortured by his stepmum and father. neighbours have expressed their shock and sadness. i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother. and i would go to the ends of the earth for my children, and my grandchildren. i'd never, ever let anything happen to them. and i think a lot needs to be done still to protect vulnerable children. arthur's stepmum emma tustin was jailed for 29 years for his murder and his father, thomas hughes, got 21 years for manslaughter. the government has now announced an urgent inspection of social care, health, police and probation services in solihull where arthur lived and died. as well as a review into lessons to be learned nationally. they say it will be a deep and independent look into what's happened. the education secretary is expected to discuss the case in parliament today. what we need governments to do is not to yet another review, but to actually fund the agencies in their local areas so that they can embed the learning from all the previous reviews that they do, so that things can actually improve for children. arthur, are you going to play for england? — arthur, are you going to play for england? it arthur, are you going to play for encland? , ., , arthur, are you going to play for encland? , .,, ., ., , england? it is hoped that any review will answer questions _ england? it is hoped that any review will answer questions around - england? it is hoped that any review will answer questions around the - will answer questions around the warning signs and what could have been done to help arthur. today the �*bbc sound of 2022 longlist�* has been revealed. the list has in the past predicted the musical success of adele, amy winehouse and goerge ezra. the nominees are chosen by a host of music critics and industry figures to find the most promising new music talent. lola young, a 21 year old singerfrom london, is one of those nominated. she's the voice of this year's john lewis christmas # too late to stay. we'll always be together. howeverfar it # too late to stay. we'll always be together. however far it seems. # will always be together. # will always be together. # together in electric dreams. here is lola # together in electric dreams. here is lola telling _ # together in electric dreams. here is lola telling us _ # together in electric dreams. here is lola telling us how— # together in electric dreams. here is lola telling us how she _ # together in electric dreams. here is lola telling us how she feels about the nomination. it is a big recognition thing, i guess, obviously being an up—and—coming artist, having to work hard and things, it means a lot. the list of winners in the past, like adele and george ezra and the list has really predicted accurately, hasn't it? yes, in the past you look at adele and where she was aware she is now and it is pretty mad. how did thejohn lewis advert come about? it was pretty random. i got asked to do it and there were a lot of people wanting to do it as well and it was a real experience, the whole process of recording it and they asked me to do together in electric dreams and i said of course and they chose me, that was insane. did you know that track because i remember the original and you are probably too young to? i know the track and i know the human league. i love the song it is an incredible song and i was really pleased. i tried to make it my own as much as possible. you really have. did you come up with the arrangement? i had a big say in that. i originally did a different version which was very similar. i know with the pastjohn lewis adverts they are all quite in that vein of being quite emotive and i wanted to create something around that feeling. i read an interview where you said when you are young you did not have a particularly amazing voice, so what work have you done to get the now where you have an amazing voice by the age of 21? so, obviously i did a lot of vocal training, i had a vocal coach and i had a cyst on my vocal cords about a year and a half ago, so i had to get that cut off hang on, that is quite dramatic. presumably you were thinking, this could wreck the rest definitely. i made the decision, i could not reach certain notes, the vocal range was very limited at that time when i developed the cyst, so i got that removed and obviously my voice is still temperamental, but it is better than it was. you went to the brit school, what kind of work do you do there? there is a lot of, singing, dancing, a lot of people say it is like fame, it is not like that. there were some people getting up and dancing on the tables, but it was not too intense. we still have to do regular lessons and subjects, it was a really nice experience, i made incredible friends and learned quite a bit. what are your ambitions, what are your dreams? at the moment, i think, i have a lot of dreams and ambitions. i would love to be able to tour the world with my music and sell out massive arenas and shows, but i think my main goal in this, i think everyone has those marks in which they think, but my main one isjust you have a career within this, which i already am kind of sustaining, but also to have and change peoples lives with music. hopefully i am able to do that with mine. thank you for talking to us. and the winner of the sound of 2022 will be announced injanuary on bbc news and bbc radio 1. a british teenager who survived a crocodile attack in zambia has spoken for the first time about the ordeal. 18—year—old amelie osborn—smith, from hampshire, was white—water rafting when the crocodile clamped onto her leg. louisa pilbeam has the story. amelie osborn—smith was on a gap year trip of a lifetime in zambia. but in the waters near victoria falls, the 18—year—old was attacked by a crocodile. she suffered such serious injuries to her leg, she feared she'd never walk again. when the accident happened, i fully accepted the fact that i was going to lose my foot. and i accepted that, and i said to all of my friends, it's fine, i've lost my foot, i'm still alive. and then i was told that my foot is going to be fine and i would get to walk again which is, it's such a relief. the accident happened on the zambezi river while amelie was white water rafting with a group. she was airlifted 214 miles to the capital lusaka where surgeons performed a life—saving operation and saved her leg. people say, like, you see your life flash before your eyes but you don't. you just think, how do i get out of this situation? and your brain just goes into overdrive and you think how to get out. but i was just very, very lucky. her condition was so severe, her grandmother was allowed by her bedside despite covid restrictions. i was so grateful that i was allowed to stay here with her. because she had these continuous flashbacks, and terrible dreams. amelie is expected back in the uk to be transferred to a hospital for more treatment. the student says the ordeal has made her more determined to return to zambia. i think, especially now, i've just seen that your life can be over so quickly. so if you're going to live thinking, it sounds so cliched but if you're going to live thinking "i'm going to regret everything," you're never going to have a fulfilled life. so ijust think, just do it while you can. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. some of us are going to see some snow in the forecast, not just today, but also tomorrow. today, it is going to be cold across the board, windy wherever you are. we have got a weather front that has been moving from the west towards the east, through the course of this morning, and it has been bringing some rain with it and also some snow. that is temporarily across the pennines and parts of scotland. as it continues to move east, behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers. some of the showers are blustery, heavy with some hail and it still wintry across the far north—west of scotland, but a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, the rain lingering across parts of cambridgeshire, east anglia and down towards kent. now, it is going to be cold across the board, we are looking at highs of between 5— eight degrees, maybe even into double figures across the far south—west and channel islands. through this evening, we say goodbye to the rain, the showers slowly start to fade for most, but continue across the north and the west where they will still be wintry. there will be a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated services and by the end of the night, the first signs of storm barra will be coming in across parts of ireland, so named by the irish met service, because the most impact from the storm are likely to be felt across ireland. but tomorrow, storm barra will cross our shores, taking some snow, also some rain and strong winds, gusts widely 50mph, 60— 70 near exposed coasts and also don't forget, there is snow across scotland and the north of england, so disruption is quite possible. so we start off with some bright skies, in central and eastern areas as storm barra crosses northern ireland into western parts of england, wales and scotland, we will have some heavy rain, snow, 2— five centimetres possible across parts of the north of england, the southern uplands and the highlands, but on higher ground, in scotland we could see up to ten centimetres. add on the wind, which will likely have some drifting and also some blizzards. as we head on from tuesday into wednesday, the centre of the low of the storm moves across us. it slowly weakens a little bit, but having said that, on wednesday we are still looking at some showers or some rain, some snow predominantly on higher ground and still windy with gales of exposure across parts of the southwest. once again, wherever you are, it is going to feel cold, with temperatures between five and nine degrees. the prime minister says he wants to come down hard on drugs gangs, promising to break up hundreds of them. it's part of a ten—year strategy for dealing with drug abuse in england and wales, including more treatment for the addicts who commit a large proportion of crime. the drugs gangs are doing major damage to life chances of kids growing up in this country. i think it is a disgusting trade and we need to fight it. i want to see the plans, i want to see the strategy, i want the prime minister to take responsibility for the money that's been taken out of criminaljustice in the last ten years that's because many of these problems. we'll be assessing the government's new drug strategy, and asking whether it can cut both addiction and crime. also this lunchtime — "the next pandemic could be even worse" — a warning from the woman who helped create the astrazeneca vaccine.